Tourism

Environment Dreamworld has quietly closed its second major thrill ride in the last three months in the wake of the Thunder River Rapids disaster.

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Health The fallout of the Coronavirus crisis is set to be worse than the global financial crisis and SARS for the Gold Coast, industry leaders say.

News Wildlife warrior Robert Irwin will front a tourism campaign, to mitigate the devastating impact the coronavirus is expected to have on the industry.

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Business A tourism leader says any businesses working in the Chinese market in Far North Queensland are “screwed” because of coronavirus.

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News HERVEY Bay is world renowned for it large marine visitors but even the experts couldn’t have predicted what Judy Green and Dan Gatt came across.

Health A furious Gold Coast tourism boss says the State Government is not doing enough to protect its golden goose from the coronavirus crisis.

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Travel Queensland businesses are facing a potential loss of up to $1.7 billion, and staff may have to be laid off, as employers struggle to operate under extreme stress as...

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Business Cairns has suffered a massive tourism blow, with coronavirus travel limitations decreasing visitor numbers by over 60 per cent.

Travel Travel bans sparked by the coronavirus outbreak are already having savage economic consequences for our tourism industry.

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Health More than $2m will be pumped into a coronavirus tourism rescue plan to lure Australian families to the Gold Coast.

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Health As global airlines ban or scale back services to mainland China amid coronavirus fears, Qantas flights into and out of China are unaffected.

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Business The coronavirus outbreak is shaping as the biggest threat to Qld tourism since the SARS scare almost 20 years ago. But there’s a contingency plan we can enact.

News One business is about to kick off the mother of all recruitment drives in pursuit of 110 new staff members over the next 50 days.

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Environment A major push is on to give land status to a sandbank which has become a tourist attraction and a roosting spot for migratory birds.

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Travel Guests staying at a Sri Lankan hotel had to contend with an unexpected guest when a wild elephant took a stroll through the lobby.

News Australia will hire international celebrities and reality TV stars to promote fire-affected communities and reboot the damaged tourism industry.

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News Some shops on the NSW south coast have already gone bust after the bushfires - and more could also be financially ruined if tourists do not return soon.

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Environment The bushfire crisis could cost Australia's tourism industry $1 billion according to one industry leader who says many businesses may be unable to recover.

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Politics Steve Price has become the centre of a Twitter storm after saying he’s sick of “that woman” Jacinda Ardern during a puzzling argument.

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Politics Their bromance is well known, but now ScoMo’s relationship with Donald Trump has helped downgrade the United State’s travel warnings about Australia’s bushfires.

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