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Travel by Jeremy Pierce Premium Content   Queensland's 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 Queensland's 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 has weathered the storm better than major rivals NSW and Victoria, but some have questioned wheth...

Organiser Neil Car said he was thrilled to be hosting the first mardi gras. "It's a day to celebrate diversity of race, sexualities and gender identities, in a family-friendly LGBTQI+ event," he said. "The biggest thing is we can't do anything without our allies, our friends and our family, this is why it's an event for everyone." Mr Car said he was inspired during the COVID-19 lockdown to kick start the festivities. "We knew that events wouldn't be like they used to be, then mardi gras in Sydney went into a stadium," Mr Car said. "We thought we should do something up this way.

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 Monday's coronavirus vaccine roll-out is a "light at the end of the tunnel" for struggling operators. Key points: Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Wet'n'Wild, WhiteWater World and Aussie World will operate on reduced hours The Pfizer vaccine is expected to roll out on the Gold Coast on Monday to the "relief" for the touri...

Business by Jeremy Pierce Premium Content   SOME of Queensland's 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, Gold Coast tourism icons Wet'n'Wild, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and WhiteWater World have decided ...

WEATHER REPORT AND TIDES It'll 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 TOP FIVE LOCAL NEWS STORIES More than 90,000 people visit sunshinecoastdaily.com.au every day. Be ...