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Dear Samuel,

Whilst anyone in Australian Tourism would applaud any stimulus to the industry, yesterday's announcement by the Australian Government is, not surprisingly, all wrong.

Tourism Operators need stimulus today, next weekend and over the next couple of months. Not next year ... now.

Australian Tourism operators cannot wait for some marketing campaign to be created and functional and where the main beneficiaries will be the advertising agencies and media outlets, Australian Tourism operators need results today, next weekend and go from there,

Yesterday's Australian Tourism Bushfire Relief Stimulus is all wrong, the stimulus should be immediate tax deductions for anyone purchasing accommodation for holidays at home between now and June 30.

Immediate tax deductions for anyone purchasing accommodation for holidays at home will mean people taking up a holiday next weekend whilst school holidays are still in play.

How much will this scheme cost?

1. The government will foot a tax revenue loss of 30 to 40c in accomm dollars spent by individuals.
2. They will, as a result, see a GST return of 10c per dollar spent. They will also get a return from the operators of 30c on
3. profits plus staff working as a result of the stimulus will also pay tax or draw down less on social security.
   
   In that way an amount of $76 million will go a very long way funding thousands of accommodation holidays.

Timing is everything. The cash flow urgency is now. I fear that the proposed campaigns wont turn around the international market before next Christmas, and in any event I am seeing evidence that things will return to normal by that time anyway and you cannot squeeze much more imto the marketplace at that time so minimal change to annual turnover.

The holiday at home tax incentive has many positives.

1. It provides the opportunity for immediate demand.
2. Treasury Revenue lost will be offset in part by minimizing loss of operators, reduced staffing.

I urge every Accommodation operator to get involved today, visit the facebook page and join the petition at CHANGE.ORG. Time, is of the essence otherwise the bureaucrats will without industry consultation have their way and we will struggle through to next summer, here is you chance to be full next weekend.

Sincerely

Glenn Smith

Holiday at Home 
Thredbo Accommodation & Reservations
Discover Thredbo
PO Box 149 THREDBO  NSW 2625 
http://www.thredbo.com
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PH. 02 64 577365

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Dear Samuel,

Last week I met with Mike Kelly MP, member for Eden Monaro, the area that Thredbo resides.
The meeting followed an email to both he and the Federal Minister for Tourism. There was no response from the Federal Minister for Tourism however Mike Kelly invited me to meet In Jindabyne.

My reason was the actual disdain of the federal governments lame response to resolving the damage done to tourism in fire affected area's. As I write in my letter below to Mr Kelly, the stimulus offered by the Australian government is nonsense with the main beneficiaries being advertising agencies and media outlets divying up the 76mill.

As I write, Jindabyne, Cooma and Thredbo are on their knees from the damage done to tourism due to the fires over January. We need action now, next week and over the next couple of months in the lead up to winter. The federal governments plan is to count deck-chairs.

Mike Kelly, as per above read my letter, we met in Jindabyne, he posted the proposal on his Facebook page and partly presented the idea in parliament yesterday. He will be presenting further detail to parliament next week.

I write to you today requesting that you read the letter to Mr Kelly ( below ) and if so inclined join others who have signed our petition to the minister for Tourism that the stimulus isn't satisfactory and that we want the proposal as presented enacted immediately.

You can view the Change.org petition here,

Sincerely

Glenn Smith
0418966652



Dear Mr Kelly
Whilst anyone in Australian Tourism would applaud any stimulus to the industry, last week’s announcement by the Australian Government is, not surprisingly, all wrong.

As one of the hundreds of accommodation operators affected, we need stimulus today, this coming weekend and over the next couple of months. Not next year ... now.

My business is in Thredbo and in your electorate, it’s a ghost town, Jindabyne is the same and speaking to people coast, you know what’s happening.

Over the past 3 weeks hundreds of bookings have been canceled and the village is on its knees and seemingly the government with this “ new “ program of jingles logoi's and nonsense, wants to count deck chairs.

Tourism operators in the affected area’s cannot wait for some marketing campaign to be created and functional and where the main beneficiaries will be the advertising agencies and media outlets, Australian Tourism operators like us here in Thredbo need results today, next weekend and go from there.

The correct solution would be immediate tax deductions on accommodation booked in the affected areas for holidays at home between now and June 30. Holidays must be taken between now and then.

How much will this scheme cost?

The government will foot a tax revenue loss of 30 to 40c in accommodation dollars spent by individuals.
They will, as a result, see a GST return of 10c per dollar spent. They will also get a return from the operators of 30c on all spent, profits plus staff working as a result of the stimulus will also pay tax or drawdown less on social security.

In that way, an amount of $76 million will go a very long way funding thousands of accommodation holidays.

Timing is everything. The cash flow urgency is now. I fear that the proposed campaigns by Tourism Australia will not turn around the international market before next Christmas, and in any event, I am seeing evidence that things will return to normal by that time anyway and you cannot squeeze much more into the marketplace at that time so minimal change to annual turnover.

The holiday at home tax incentive has many positives.

It provides the opportunity for immediate demand.
Treasury Revenue lost will be offset in part by minimizing loss of operators, reduced staffing.

I urge you as the Federal member of the most damaged tourism area in the country and for the sake of the economy of tourism in this country to re-think the proposal, people need jobs and counting deck chairs isn’t one of them.

Sincerely

Glenn Smith
Holiday at Home
Thredbo Accommodation & Reservations
PO Box 149 THREDBO NSW 2625

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