Tourism pledges to fill gap for sectors treading water AUSTRALIA'S $95 billion tourism industry believes it can keep the nation's economy firing as manufacturing and mining decline, and is lobbying more than 300 members of parliament and candidates to win their support ahead of the federal election. But there's a catch: the tourism industry wants the federal government to stop "unfairly" taxing the sector, to review penalty rates and commit to a second Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek before it can help drive economic growth.