The return of international students to Queensland from early next year looks set to boost sectors that have struggled without them, but the state government has been urged to ensure institutions can be competitive with those interstate.
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) vice-chancellor Margaret Sheil said the impact of this decision would flow on to the many industries that depended on the sector.
"For all of the universities and for the regions and the cities and for the accommodation providers, the businesses that provide services, the businesses that require students to work," Professor Sheil said.