FNQ hotel rooms full as interstate visitors burst the bubble over Easter school holiday period

Queensland's tourism sector says the industry appears to be bouncing back, after a bumper Easter school holiday period. Key points: 70,000 flew to Cairns over Easter school holiday period Authorities say Port Douglas hotels are at 90 per cent occupancy The tourism industry says a shortage of hospitality workers is a concern More than 70,000 people flew into the tourism-reliant city of Cairns for the Easter weekend and hotel occupancy rates in nearby Port Douglas have been sitting at 90 per cent over the school holiday period. "Almost 73,000 passengers travelled through Cairns airport in the week commencing April 5, bringing capacity back to 90 per cent of what it was for the same period in 2019," Mr Olsen said. Tourism Port Douglas and Daintree chief executive Tara Bennett said hotels in the Port Douglas region had been almost at capacity over the school holidays, mainly with visitors from Melbourne and Sydney. Tara Bennett says hotel occupancy rates were at 90 per cent over the Easter school holidays.