More than four years after the Black Summer bushfires incinerated millions of hectares on the east coast, traces of the event have faded but remain stark in people’s memories.
The 2019–20 bushfires burned 19 million hectares between August 2019 and March 2020, destroying more than 3,000 homes and displacing tens of thousands of people.
Now, new research published in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change journal explores the economic impact of the tourism shutdown from the Black Summer bushfires.
Adelong local James Hayes remembers the period as being “apocalyptic”, the fires feeding on dry vegetation following a prolonged…
