The pandemic COVID-19 has severely impacted upon the world economy, devastating the tourism industry globally. This paper estimates the short-run economic impacts of the inbound tourism industry on the Australian economy during the pandemic. The analysis covers effects both at the macroeconomic as well as at the industry and occupation level, from direct contribution (using tourism satellite accounts) to economy-wide effects (using the computable general equilibrium modelling technique). Findings show that the pandemic affects a range of industries and occupations that are beyond the tourism sector. The paper calls for strong support from the government on tourism as the recovery of tourism can deliver spillover benefits for other sectors and across the whole spectrum of occupations in the labour market.

大流行 COVID-19 严重影响了世界经济，摧毁了全球旅游业。本文估计了疫情期间入境旅游业对澳大利亚经济的短期经济影响。该分析涵盖了宏观经济以及行业和职业层面的影响，从直接贡献（使用旅游卫星账户）到整个经济范围的影响（使用可计算的一般均衡建模技术）。调查结果表明，大流行影响了旅游部门以外的一系列行业和职业。该文件呼吁政府大力支持旅游业，因为旅游业的复苏可以为其他部门和劳动力市场的所有职业带来溢出效应。