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Travel by Jeremy Pierce Premium Content   Queenslands battered tourism industry has suffered a $13 billion wipe-out as the full cost of the coronavirus pandemic can finally be laid bare. New figures from Tourism Research Australia show Queenslands tourism industry - a $26 billion empire at the end of 2019, was slashed in half last year as international travel bans, border closures, and COVID outbreaks decimated travel. In an encouraging sign, Queensland...

Organiser Neil Car said he was thrilled to be hosting the first mardi gras. "Its a day to celebrate diversity of race, sexualities and gender identities, in a family-friendly LGBTQI+ event," he said. "The biggest thing is we cant do anything without our allies, our friends and our family, this is why its an event for everyone." Mr Car said he was inspired during the COVID-19 lockdown to kick start the festivities. "We knew that events wouldnt be like they used to be, then mardi gras in Syd...

Theme parks reduce opening hours but vaccines are a sign of hope for desperate tourism operators Posted FriFriday 19 updated FriFriday 19 Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary will be closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. ( Share Print text only Cancel Tourism bosses on the Gold Coast say Mondays coronavirus vaccine roll-out is a "light at the end of the tunnel" for struggling operators. Key points: Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, WetnWild, WhiteWater World and Aussie World will operate on reduced hours The...

Business by Jeremy Pierce Premium Content   SOME of Queenslands biggest theme parks have slashed their opening hours as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc with the tourism industry. Uncertainty over travel and sudden border closures have taken their toll on interstate and long-distance tourism with visitor numbers for some of our biggest tourist destinations plummeting in the past 12 months. With the summer holiday peak season now passed, G...

WEATHER REPORT AND TIDES Itll be a partly cloudy day on the Coast as the weather bureau predicts just a 30 per cent chance of showers this morning. The rainfall is expected to ease off by this afternoon and evening. Temperatures will reach a top of 25C for Maleny and 28C for Maroochydore, Noosa Heads, Caloundra and Nambour. High tide was at 12.52am at 1.50m and low tide will be at 6.51am at 0.62m. The next high tide will reach 1.57m at 12.56pm and low tide will be at 7.27pm at 0.43m. TRAFFIC ...

Fifteen years of tourism experience has hopped on board the Mary Valley Rattler with the appointment of a Sunshine Coast industry stalwart to the board. Julie Cullen has been appointed to the heritage train’s board in a move RRC chairman Ian McNicol said will help widen the market for the Rattler. Ms Cullen is the owner advice business Tourism Tap, and has previously been the general manager of Underwater World and the Cairns Aquarium. She has also worked with Aussie World, Visit Sunshine Coa...

Premium Content Subscriber only Heavy traffic is building up on the Bruce Highway southbound at Palmview after a vehicle reportedly caught on fire on Tuesday afternoon. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics were responding to reports of a vehicle on fire north of Aussie World at 1.53pm. A North Coast Firecom spokeswoman said two fire crews were on the scene and had extinguished the fire. She said the vehicle was a dog van being towed by a car, and all occupants were out...

Premium Content Subscriber only Enticing guests with a snow-covered entrance, Aussie World transformed into a Christmas wonderland when the sun went down on Friday. Crowds turned out in droves for the last Ride the Night event of 2020 with festive cheer in abundance. There were social distanced Santa photos, wandering elves, fire-breathing live entertainment and, of course, the rides.     Aussie World manager Louise Hurford said the Ride the Night events, which will continue in the ...