Tourism
“We need to convert interest to bookings”: North QLD to get lions share of Scomo’s $60 million tourism boost
by Ali Coulton
The PM has announced a massive funding boost for Australia’s tourism industry, with a focus on trade relations. To celebrate, we’ve dug up this bewildering image of him scaring the sh*t out of a cockatoo.
Destinations
Tourism Australia introduces traditional names across major destinations
Australia’s destination marketing gurus are introducing a duel-naming approach, to incorporate 60,000+ years of Indigenous custodianship, language, and knowledge into the mainstream.
News
Scomo says Inbound travel will return “well before Easter”, depending on hospital impact
The PM has lined up his rose quartz and is working hard to manifest a stronger hospital system so he can welcome international tourists back to Aussie shores.
Destinations
Australia to welcome fully-vaxxed Singaporean travellers later this month
ScoMo says the move means that within weeks, we will be welcoming tourists from two of our top 10 travel destinations.
Tourism
NZ will no longer be our #1 fan in 2016
by Helen Velissaris - AAP / Hannah Edensor
While a low dollar is keeping Aussies close to home, inbound tourism continues to soar, with a new contender set to overtake NZ numbers within the year.