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Eli Creek on K’gari is a victim of its own popularity.

Just how eco-friendly is Queensland’s ecotourism plan?

Encouraging more low-impact, nature-based tourism is an excellent proposition. But there’s an oxymoron at the heart of the latest plan.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Mount Coot-tha master plan render.

Mount Coot-tha to get a major makeover under ambitious tourism push

A renovated lookout, light shows, glamping and an expanded dome are among the proposals to be considered ahead of the 2032 Games.

  • William Davis
Visitors pose with a man in a Trump mask outside the White House. The US remains one of the best travel destinations in the world, regardless of who’s in charge.

Should you boycott the US? The 20 biggest questions in travel right now

We posed 20 of the most pressing questions that should be on travellers’ minds to a group of experts across a range of categories. Here’s what they had to say.

  • Lee Tulloch
Kaya Lehmann caught dengue in February in Bali and has been sick for months.

The hidden menace on the rise in Australia’s favourite winter holiday destinations

Kaya Lehmann visited a waterfall in Bali during a summer holiday. Four months later she’s still counting the cost.

  • Angus Dalton
Los Angeles International Airport. Travel industry insiders expect demand for travel to the US may fall.

Australians curb their enthusiasm for US holidays

While Americans flock to Australia, locals are looking for cheaper holidays outside the US.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2 visits Station Pier in 2018.

Melbourne’s cruise economy sinks as ships steer clear after tax hike

Cruise ships are bypassing Melbourne, and new data shows the slump will cost the state almost $38 million over the next four years.

  • Adam Carey
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Queensland’s tourism minister wants Brisbane to become the events capital of Australia over the next 20 years.

‘35,000 screaming tourists’: Brisbane’s role in new tourism strategy

Days after announcing a 20-year plan to grow the state’s tourism industry, the government has narrowed its focus on the River City.

  • Courtney Kruk
Boggo Road Village, a mixed-use office and retail complex located between Dutton Park’s Ecosciences Precinct and Brisbane’s historic Boggo Road Gaol, is expected to open by the end of 2025. It is not yet known if and when tours of the notorious prison will resume.

Future use of Boggo Road Gaol under a cloud

A new mixed-use precinct neighbouring Boggo Road Gaol is expected to open by the end of the year, but future use of the historic prison anchoring the site remains unclear.

  • Courtney Kruk
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Tourism comes full circle

And parenthood goes by the book.

Natural Bridge in Springbrook National Park

‘Tasmania, we’re coming for you’: 20-year tourism plan to make Queensland No.1

Destination 2045 includes nearly 50 new ecotourism projects to leverage the state’s natural assets.

  • Courtney Kruk

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