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Australians are being urged to take long domestic holidays in an attempt to help the tourism industry recover from the coronavirus.
The industry has lost $80 billion as a result of crippling state and international borders, according to a new report from Tourism Australia.
There were 7.6 million fewer international arrivals to Australia, 45 million fewer domestic overnight trips, and 84 million fewer day trips compared to 2019.
Australians are being encouraged to domestic destinations like the Karajini National park, WA (pictured above) to assist in recovering $80 billion in losses
The void of international tourists is likely to remain until at least 2022 with experts Australia unlikely to open its border sooner.
Australians unable to travel overseas have since holidayed at home and helped prop up the industry.
The report says the remaining losses could be made up by domestic tourists taking longer trips.
'If Australians took, on average, slightly longer holidays, we could potentially make up entirely for the loss of international tourism with just domestic travel,' the report
