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Brisbane is continuing to grow as a popular destination for international tourists.

Brisbane on top as American, Asian tourists flock to city

New data shows Brisbane draws four in every 10 visitors to the state, and has set records for visitation from the USA, Indonesia and India.

  • Courtney Kruk

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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
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
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
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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Brisbane born singer-songwriter Kita Alexander is fronting a new campaign to attract interstate visitors to Queensland.

Rising Qld star headlines new tourism campaign with Madonna classic

Fresh off the stage from her tour with Dua Lipa, Brisbane-born Kita Alexander has been recruited to give interstate visitors “That Holiday Feeling”.

  • Courtney Kruk
‘Bluey’s world, for real life’ lofficially launched in Brisbane this morning.

Bluey and Robert Irwin team up to attract visitors to Queensland

An international audience will be urged to “Come and play in Bluey’s world”, as the state launches its biggest tourism campaign in a decade.

  • Courtney Kruk
Teams spent days tending to the coral of the Great Barrier Reef after Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

Storm crowds: The worst disaster is when travellers stay away

It’s a question worth asking as operators continue to struggle from the jolt of Jasper, and just two years on from SEQ’s worst flooding event.

  • Courtney Kruk
Tangalooma Beach is home to 15 shipwrecks, deliberately sunk to provide calmer mooring for boats, now a popular snorkelling and diving attraction.

Moreton Bay beach breaks into world top 100 on Lonely Planet

Turquoise waters, world-class snorkelling and abundant marine life can be found 25km from Brisbane’s shoreline.

  • Courtney Kruk

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