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Future Tourism lunch: Your chance to hear from the experts

Queensland’s plan to claim Australia’s No.1 tourism destination crown will be explored at an industry event lunch in Brisbane. Don’t miss your chance to be there.

Boosting Queensland’s $24 billion tourism industry and how to do it is at the core of a new campaign launched by The Courier-Mail today.

Future Tourism will examine how to secure a better future for the state’s tourism industry.

This will be an exciting campaign, marked by the Future Tourism event lunch at Howard Smith Wharves on Thursday, June 13.

This is a can’t miss event if you are interested in or part of the tourism industry, or want to get exclusive insights into the key trends that will shape Brisbane, SEQ and Queensland into the future.

You will hear from expert speakers including Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates, Star Entertainment chairman John O’Neill, demographer Bernard Salt, Spicers Retreats chief Jude Turner, Tourism and Events Queensland CEO Leanne Coddington, Tourism Minister Kate Jones and QTIC chief Daniel Gschwind.

Tickets are selling fast. Don’t miss your chance.

Book now at couriermail.com.au/future

Tourism and Events Queensland CEO Leanne Coddington. Picture: Brendan Radke
Tourism and Events Queensland CEO Leanne Coddington. Picture: Brendan Radke

“Tourism is critical to Queensland, and we want to ensure those outside the industry, interstate and internationally know what a priority it is,” The Courier-Mail editor Sam Weir said.

“Advocating for a better Queensland is a big focus for The Courier-Mail, and we take these campaigns seriously - deploying our best journalists and delivering front page coverage across our print and digital assets.”

Today, it was revealed that tourism bosses want to get visitors who already pass through Queensland to stay longer by offering more activities and making it easier to get around the state.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with IOC President Thomas Bach and Australian Olympic chief John Coates, a guest speaker at the Future Tourism lunch.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with IOC President Thomas Bach and Australian Olympic chief John Coates, a guest speaker at the Future Tourism lunch.

Queensland’s market share of foreign visitors has fallen sharply in the last 15 years.

The Future Tourism campaign is the latest iteration of the successful Go Queensland series, with a raft of achievements to improve the state’s economy.

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The campaign, supported by Tourism and Events Queensland, Tourism Australia, The Star Entertainment Group and Brisbane Marketing, with series partners Howard Smith Wharves, Urbis, PwC, South East Council of Mayors, Seven News and Sky News, will run from today until June 21 in the print editions of The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail as well as on couriermail.com.au.

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Originally published as Future Tourism lunch: Your chance to hear from the experts

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