China travel ban rocks Hunter tourism's bottom line

By Helen Gregory and Michael Parris
Updated February 16 2020 - 10:35am, first published February 14 2020 - 7:30pm
TROUBLED WATERS: Moonshadow-TQC Cruises business development manager Mel Turner and captain Ben Lupton at Nelson Bay on Friday. The company has lost more than 5000 overseas customers due to the coronavirus. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
TROUBLED WATERS: Moonshadow-TQC Cruises business development manager Mel Turner and captain Ben Lupton at Nelson Bay on Friday. The company has lost more than 5000 overseas customers due to the coronavirus. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

Port Stephens and Hunter Valley vineyards tourism operators say the coronavirus is costing them millions of dollars as the federal government extends its China travel ban into a third week.

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