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SEARCH “I THINK WE CLOSED DOWN UNTIL THE FIRST BEER GOT WARM, AND WE OPENED AGAIN,” ALEX SAID. “THE REALITY IS, WE’RE A SMALL COUNTRY TOWN SO WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR DECISION MAKERS AND REGULATORS AND IN THE COVID YEAR. Alex Bruce, Matt Coorey, Paul Palmer, Bernie Hogan “The Northern Territory has gravity and it pulls you in, the things that are our natural disadvantages, the tyranny of distance from other large places, and size - our smaller population and community - they’ve turned into rolled gold for us in this pandemic, a bit like Tasmania. “I think we closed down until the first beer got warm, and we opened again,” Alex said. “The reality is, we’re a small country town so we do have the opportunity to interact very closely with our decision makers and regulators and in the Covid year. “It was that isolation that allowed the government up here to have the confidence to reopen earlier, quicker, to higher capacity, to less rules and regulation.” Alex said the Northern Territory was on a 10-year decline in terms of backpacker numbers as travellers headed up to Cairns from Melbourne and Sydney and out to the west coast, bypassing much of the NT. Without the international flights and backpackers, staffing was a burning issue, a sentiment felt by Peter. “The challenges in hospitality are the same throughout Australia, that’s one of the biggest things we’re up against, it doesn’t matter where you are, there’s a shortage [of staff]. In some regional destinations like Darwin, even if we can get people here, there’s the challenge of accommodation because Darwin in the last 12 months has gone from 10% vacancy rates to nothing, everything is booked out,” Peter added. As general manager of the Darwin Convention Centre, Peter works closely with other hotels and accommodation hotels throughout Darwin and is currently working on a solution to aid all hospitality businesses struggling with staff shortages. By exploring the possibility of seconding staff to one another when the casual and backpacker workers are not there, Peter is hopeful of a solution for the future in hospitality. While the Northern Territory government has worked hard to entice potential workers to move to the Territory, there is still a shortage of staff numbers not dissimilar to other states across the country. This lack of international visitors and workers has impacted the industry in numerous ways and although the international tourism market has diminished, it has paved the way for the domestic market to boom. Like Queensland, the Northern Territory has relied on <strong>QHA</strong> REVIEW | 36 Peter Savoff
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