The Tourism Minister is defending his tourism support package.

A $400 million support package was announced in the budget last week to help the industry transition to domestic tourism.

The package will create two new programmes to give operators advice and protect assets, a group to oversee the Tourism Recovery Fund and a public-private taskforce to work through current and future issues in the sector.

Some businesses say it's not enough, with Hobbiton Chief Executive Russell Alexander calling the package a joke.

Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis told The Weekend Collective they're criticizing it before engaging with it.

"To suggest that we should be funding some businesses until international tourism starts again, I think that is unsustainable."

He says that the industry has already benefited from other economic support packages such as the wage subsidy.