Whitsundays stars in regional tourism stakes
The Whitsundays remains one of Australia’s biggest regional tourism hotspots, based on the latest data.
Tourism Research Australia today released an update on regional
Read more8 August 2024Tourism
Green light for $450m Hervey Bay Sheraton
The largest proposed new hotel between Brisbane and Cairns has been given the green light after developers reduced the height of the complex by three stories.
Fraser
Read more24 July 2024
Virgin to end daily Cairns-Tokyo service
Virgin Australia will to stop operating daily flights between Cairns and Tokyo from February next year.
The airline said the decision was made because of the slow
Read more22 July 2024
Fly direct to Paris in just over 17 hours
Australians will be able to fly to Paris directly, in a little over 17 hours, with Qantas offering services to the European capital for the first time in 20 years.
The
Read more16 July 2024
Working holiday visas on the rise again
Young people on working holiday visas are returning to Australia en masse after numbers dwindled dramatically during the pandemic.
An OECD report on regional migration
Read more1 July 2024
$60m water park for Aussie World
A $60 million water park is part of expansion plans for Aussie World on the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane.
A development application with Sunshine Coast Council
Read more1 July 2024
August opening date for Queen’s Wharf
The first phase of the Queen’s Wharf entertainment precinct, on the banks of the Brisbane River, will open in August.
Star Entertainment Group announced on the
Read more30 June 2024
Scientists map reefs with best chance of survival
Year-round coral bleaching on some global reefs is inevitable, with the Great Barrier Reef particularly vulnerable, according to new research.
Researchers from James
Read more27 June 2024
Tourists pump $90m into economy each day
Visitors to Queensland over the past year spent more than $90 million a day.
New figures from Tourism Research Australia show the state’s visitor economy reached $34.1
Read more26 June 2024
Cairns’ cultural cred rewarded in ranking
Cairns is Queensland’s most cultural city, based on a study which took into account a town’s population.
Preply, an online language learning company, compared the
Read more25 June 2024