Tourism Queensland ATDW Update Newsletter

Thank you for renewing your ATDW subscription for 2008/09!

Tourism Queensland looks forward to further promoting your tourism business through the broadening network of ATDW distributor websites. We were pleased to see many subscribers use the new electronic update solution, which saved lots of trees! Tourism Queensland is investigating an enhanced remote editing system, so look out for more news on this in future ATDW on Q editions.

Throughout the subscription period, if you require any changes to your ATDW website listing, please email through the details to Tourism Queensland's ATDW Team and it will then be actioned on your behalf.

Australians dream of a beach holiday!

More Australians are looking for a warm Queensland winter escape than making the most of the snow fields. Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said according to web monitor HitWise, online searches for beach holidays in Queensland outnumbered those of ski holidays down south.

"Searches for theme parks, islands and beach-related accommodation appeared amongst the top 30 search terms referring traffic to the Travel - Destinations and Accommodation industry between February and May," Ms Boyle said. "Comparatively, during the same period only three ski holiday terms appeared."

Read more on the Ministerial Statements website.

ATDW Distributor Websites

The Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) is the national platform for digital tourism information on Australia. ATDW content is available for publication through licensed distributors, which is how your information is displayed on so many websites.

You can now view the full list of current licensed ATDW distributor websites on the ATDW corporate website, as well as details on the categories of information each distributor displays.

You may be approached by some of these distributors, offering advertising opportunities or access to online booking systems. Participation in such activities is at the discretion of the individual business.