Commercial streets in kunzhou`s villages and towns are on the verge of collapse, and retail experts fear a massive collapse of shops in the heart of the city in the coming months.
A small business is the lifeblood of the Queensland countryside, already struggling to survive, but is now struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused serious damage.
Desperate businesses are calling on state government to set aside budgets and reopen borders to help boost employment and tourism.
Coronavirus cases are low or even zero in most township areas, but business leader say they are mired in a "whirlpool" of health crises and have to close doors and travel restrictions.
"The impact on township CBD is more severe than on capital cities ," said Lamb (Dominique Lamb), chief executive of the National Retail Association. "
But she added that worse could not yet come, and that October could be disastrous for these businesses.
"If people really stop spending in the quiet period before Christmas, we`ll see a lot of shops shut down. "
A two-hour drive north of brisbane in the gold-mining town Gympie,COVID-19 exacerbated already struggling businesses.
The local retail sector has been in recession for 18 months, said Goodman (Tony Goodman), president of the Chamber of Commerce Bella Cassa owned household goods stores in CBD.
"Before the outbreak of new coronal pneumonia, economic was quite vulnerable ," he said. "Some businesses have done quite well, but many others have largely been damaged. "
Located near the Gladstone Bruce Highway, about 25 shops are vacant on the high street.
Spearing (Mark Spearing), LJ Hooker business broker, who worked in the area for 22 years, said virus epidemic had caused a serious impact.
"Gladstone basically no cases... But we`re in a COVID-19 spiral. For towns like ours, this is frustrating. "
Townsville, disappointed businessmen are calling on state government to set aside budgets and provide a way out of the "economic apocalypse" before federal support ends in september.
The President of the Chamber of Commerce, Falconely (Michele Falconieri), said :" We share the concern of all that government assistance is over... A number of zombie companies now live on government support. "
Each township city has its own problems, but they all believe that the key to starting economic is tourism. But some townships say they are excluded from the state`s restart plan.
Rockhampton Mayor Stroe (Margaret Strelow) said that when airlines bypassed the beef capital and offered high discounts to Keynes, Wellington and Townsville, they felt like they were "stabbed ".
Stroe says Rockhampton`s hope of a quick rebound in economic rests with thousands of tourists.
"Rockhampton some areas have performed better than expected... We have achieved good results in mining and construction. "
