Tourism and Events Queensland
‘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
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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
‘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
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 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
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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
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
‘We’ve lost nearly $300 million’: Discount flights to lift flood-hit FNQ
A tourism recovery package has been announced to encourage visitors back to devastated parts of Far North Queensland.
- Courtney Kruk
Bluey and Bingo invite the world to play at their new Brisbane home
The world of TV’s most famous family is set to come alive when Bluey’s World, a 4000sq m tourist attraction, opens in Brisbane next year.
- Tony Moore
The secret outback base where the US hid one of its top weapons
Despite playing host to 3500 US airmen and hiding a device used in the bombing of Hiroshima, Charleville barely registers a blip on Australia’s wartime radar.
- Catherine Best
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