There's a bunch of marginal coal industry seats that the government is in danger of loosing, which is why they're doing stupid things like this.
It's not the only thing, they recently decided to subsidize a new gas power plant with taxpayers money.
It's not the only thing, they recently decided to subsidize a new gas power plant with taxpayers money.
However, conflating coal and tourism is... well, I don't see how you can win that argument except after 26 beers.