A chronic shortage of people to fill jobs in the Queensland tourism and hospitality industry had seen thousands of jobs vacancies go unanswered as the industry gets back on its feet after the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 5000 jobs need to be filled immediately in the sector in Queensland as domestic tourists return to revive the industry. 'It's a serious problem,' Daniel Gschwind, CEO of Queensland Tourism Industry Council said. 'A lot of people migrated out of the industry during Covid, and we lost thousands of people who were on on working holidays visa and skilled migrants.' Around 44,000 positions were lost in the Queensland industry between February 2020 and February 2021 due to the shutdowns and border closures caused by the virus.

Source: Daily Mail May 10, 2021 04:08 UTC