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Tourism Queensland commits $100,000 to market Cairns Indigenous Arts Fair
Publish Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:39 PM
Tourism Queensland has committed $100,000 to help attract tourists to the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair in August, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said today.

Tourism plan identifies development priorities for Tropical North Queensland
Publish Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:40 PM
A World Heritage centre, adventure cycle trail and a culinary tourism precinct are among projects considered a high priority for Tropical North Queensland, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced today.

Tourism Queensland bags top tourism award
Publish Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:04 AM
Tourism Queensland has taken out Australia?s ?Best National Tourist Office? for the third year running at the 2010 Australia Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA), Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced.

Gold Coast holiday deals invite southerners to wave winter goodbye
Publish Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:10 AM
A new tourism campaign with major online accommodation provider Wotif.com is providing southerners with great deals to enjoy the Gold Coast in the last months of winter, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced today.

Grant to bring Kiwis to Central Queensland and the Southern Great Barrier Reef
Publish Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:58 AM
Capricorn Tourism will receive more than $220,000 in State government funding for two projects to improve its tourism credentials, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced today.

Tourism training goes green
Publish Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:00 AM
Tourism and hospitality trainers are being invited to develop their skills in sustainable tourism to prepare them to deliver training to workers across the industry.

Tourism grants for Toowoomba and Golden West tourism
Publish Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:57 AM
Toowoomba and Golden West Regional Tourist Association will receive more than $51,000 in State government funding for two projects to improve its tourism credentials, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced today.

State Government funding grant supports tourism development in the Whitsundays
Publish Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:16 AM
Tourism Whitsundays will lead a $420,976 grant project with seven other regional tourism organisations to develop a website template aimed at making accessing tourist information more uniform across the destinations, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced today.

Only one day left to enter Sunshine Exchange competition
Publish Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:52 PM
Only one day remains for a Brisbane family to have the chance to become Honorary Tourism Ambassadors to Shanghai as part of Tourism Queensland's online "Sunshine Exchange" campaign, Queensland Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said today.

Grant to help sell Brisbane region to visiting Brits, Americans and Europeans
Publish Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:33 PM
Brisbane Marketing will lead a $262,000 grant project in conjunction with almost 30 surrounding tourism organisations, industry bodies, operators and councils in a new Greater Brisbane marketing strategy targeting British, American and European markets, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced today.

Tourism grants for Sunshine Coast Regional Council
Publish Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:36 PM
Sunshine Coast Regional Council will receive $225,000 in State government funding for two projects to improve its tourism credentials, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced today.

Tourism grant to develop new walking trail opportunities for south east Queensland
Publish Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:32 AM
Gold Coast Tourism will lead a $136,700 grant project with 15 tourism groups in south east Queensland to better connect visitors with the region's walking trail network, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced today.

New campaign entices visitors to have a whale of a time on the Fraser Coast
Publish Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:54 PM
A new $330,000 tourism marketing campaign focused on promoting whale watching on the Fraser Coast will roll out across South East Queensland from this weekend, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced today.

Sunshine Coast tourism operators have a Conversation with TQ
Publish Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:03 AM
Tourism Queensland?s key decision makers met with Sunshine Coast operators in Caloundra this morning to discuss tourism priorities for the region during the year ahead, Tourism Queensland Executive Director Destinations Leanne Coddington said.

Jetstar's new Queenstown to Gold Coast service to hit the skies in time for summer
Publish Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:36 AM
Jetstar's announcement today that it will operate a bi-weekly service from Queenstown to the Gold Coast from 17 December this year is fantastic news for the Queensland tourism industry, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said today.

School adventurers wanted for tourism competition to visit Queensland's Outback
Publish Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:34 AM
Queensland teachers from state primary schools are invited to nominate teams of year six and seven students for an 'Outback Adventure' to visit the inspiring people, places and wide open spaces of Queensland's Outback, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced today.

New marketing guide for Queensland tourism operators unveiled at Tourism Futures conference
Publish Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:25 PM
A new Tourism Queensland online marketing guide will help Queensland tourism operators better promote their businesses to Australian and overseas visitors, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said today.

Future of Australian tourism put into focus this week in Brisbane
Publish Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:52 AM
Inspiring leadership and developing strategies to steer the tourism industry through economic uncertainty will be the focus of a national tourism forum held in Brisbane this week, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said today.

Gold Coast welcomes record international crowds for 2010 marathon
Publish Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:25 AM
Gold Coast tourism operators can expect record international crowds from New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia for the 2010 Gold Coast Airport Marathon, Premier Anna Bligh announced today.

Gold Coast ready, willing and able to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Publish Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:57 AM
Tourism Minister and Member for Southport Peter Lawlor has today opened a community and business forum which highlights the Gold Coast's bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Tourism Ambassador Anjaan treats Indian travel agents to Best Famil in the World
Publish Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:32 PM
Indian Queensland Tourism Ambassador and former Best Job in the World candidate, Anjaan, is in Queensland this week to show a group of Indian travel agents Queensland's holiday hotspots as part of Tourism Queensland's Best Famil in the World, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor announced.

The sky's the limit for Singapore Flying College's new aircraft and flight simulators
Publish Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:02 AM
Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor has welcomed Singapore Airlines' latest investment in Queensland of new training aircraft and flight simulators at Sunshine Coast Airport.

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Conquering Australia's tallest peak
Publish Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:34:42 GMT
FROM glorious sunsets to granite boulders, muster your strength and hit the track to experience all that Mount Kosciuszko has to offer.

Diving with passion in paradise
Publish Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:51:29 GMT
WITH so many Reef tours to choose from, find out why this small Cairns company is winning so many tourism awards.

Why you will love new-look Canberra
Publish Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:15:24 GMT
CHARACTER, coffees and cocktails - the nation's capital has swapped its daggy image for cool nightspots and divine dining.

Schoolies forget the Gold Coast and party in paradise
Publish Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:13:10 GMT
AS Schoolies on the Gold Coast has come to mean trouble, Fijian island getaways are surging as safer alternatives.

Inside the Cage of Death
Publish Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:40:00 GMT
ADVENTURERS flocking to Darwin to spend 15 minutes inside a glass tank with a 700kg crocodile.

Aussies against Uluru climbing ban
Publish Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:22:40 GMT
AUSTRALIANS are outraged at plans to ban tourists from climbing Uluru, fearing it will have a serious impact on tourism, survey shows.

Australia's best bike rides
Publish Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:53:58 GMT
PUMP those pins and take in stunning scenery as Bicycling Australia's Simon Hayes runs down his top routes in the country.

Killer sharks threaten Aussie tourism
Publish Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:59:00 GMT
THE Great Barrier Reef is being portrayed as the hunting ground for killer great white sharks in a new film.

Bleaching forcing Reef fish to fight
Publish Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:40:00 GMT
CORAL bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef is turning damselfish into deadly bullies and sending death rates higher.

Sculpture by the Sea 2009
Publish Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:58:00 GMT
PLANT people and eyeballs in the rocks appear along one of our a popular beach walks.