ATEC Bushfire Impact Survey #2

International cancellations & forward booking trends

Please take 3 minutes to complete this short survey by COB Mon 13th January

1.Your details:
International Travel Booking Cancellations
2.Are you experiencing booking cancellations from international clients as a direct result of the bushfires and smoke haze?
3.If yes, can you estimate the dollar value of the cancellations to date?
4.If you can, please provide an example of a cancellation you have received?
e.g. A Northern European group of 20 pax travelling in April, visiting Sydney for 2 days and feeling the need to cancel due to smoke haze...
5.Are you experiencing booking cancellations for the Chinese New Year period as a direct result of the bushfires and smoke haze?
6.If yes, what percentage of your forward bookings for Chinese New Year have been cancelled to date?
7.What actions (if any) would you recommend Tourism Australia, STOs and/or ATEC (the inbound industry) could undertake immediately to stem the flow of cancellations?
Forward International Bookings Status
8.Are your international forward bookings up or down compared to this time last year?
(please nominate percentages up or down for your key markets)
Percentage
China
New Zealand
United States of America
United Kingdom
Japan
Singapore
Malaysia
India
Korea
Hong Kong
Other Asia
Other Europe
Other countries
OVERALL STATUS OF FORWARD BOOKINGS
9.What actions (if any) would you recommend Tourism Australia, STOs and/or ATEC (the inbound industry) could undertake immediately to help drive international forward bookings?
One BIG RECOVERY IDEA
10.Time to get creative!

Its time to pitch some BIG ideas to government which will help drive a BIG RECOVERY and have a BIG NATIONAL IMPACT on our industry post the bushfires – feel free to pitch one or more ideas (100 words max per pitch) – the owners of the best three ideas will be rewarded (watch this space) -  pitching closes COB Thur 16th January.
Thank you for completing our impact survey - we appreciate your responses! 

Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries - atec@atec.net.au
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