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Queensland gets bite on US market with ultimate prize for Twi-hards

27 Jan 2012
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has unveiled the ultimate reward for American Twilight movie fans – 20 Queensland holidays to win. More >

Get into gear for the 2012 Cairns Airport Adventure Festival

16 Jan 2012
Tourism Queensland has kicked-off promotions ahead of the 2012 Cairns Airport Adventure Festival by targeting people who made it their new year’s resolution to get fit in 2012. More >

Santa spotted topping up his Vitamin Me in Tropical North

16 Dec 2011
Santa was spotted scuba diving and bungee jumping in Cairns today, squeezing in a last minute top-up of Queensland holiday-inspired Vitamin Me ahead of his busiest night of the year. More >

Tropical North goes on show in Europe

21 Nov 2011
Tourism Queensland has joined forces with Tourism Tropical North Queensland, Qantas, Destination New South Wales, Tourism Australia and a range of international trade partners to lure more Europeans here. More >

Port Douglas local plays tour guide to Tropical North’s hidden secrets

6 Oct 2011
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has announced a Port Douglas local will play tour guide in her own backyard after winning a prize in a special Tropical North Queensland promotion. More >

Portland local set to discover Tropical North’s hidden secrets

3 Oct 2011
Queensland Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has today announced a local from Portland, Victoria, has won a prize in a special Tropical North Queensland promotion. More >

Adelaide local to discover hidden secrets of Tropical North

26 Sep 2011
Queensland Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has announced a South Australian local has become the first to win in a special promotion for Tropical North Queensland. More >

Great Reward unveiled to entice triathletes to Great Barrier Reef

17 Sep 2011
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has unveiled a new prize to entice triathletes from around the globe to sign up early for the Cairns Airport Challenge Cairns 2012. More >

'Golden ticket' to dive Great Barrier Reef goes global

16 Sep 2011
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has announced a 22-year-old scuba diver from Guam has won a dive trip of a lifetime to Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. More >

Ben paddles into Cook’s landing as he completes Best Expedition in the World

13 Sep 2011
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has congratulated Ben Southall on completing his four-month Best Expedition in the World sea safari along Queensland’s Great Barrier. More >

Queensland shines in European spotlight

12 Sep 2011
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has announced five European travel trade representatives are in the Tropical North for the next week to get a bird’s eye view of the region. More >

Hidden Secrets launched to highlight gems of tropical north

1 Sep 2011
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has unveiled a special promotion with Virgin Australia and popular magazine titles to lure more interstate tourists to Tropical North Queensland. More >

Best Expedition in the World kayaks into the tropics

12 Aug 2011
Ben Southall has paddled, pedalled and sailed 1300km along the Great Barrier Reef to arrive in Cairns for the final leg of the Best Expedition in the World. More >

$330,000 injection to boost tropical north projects

4 Aug 2011
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has announced $330,000 to bolster tourism projects in the tropical north. More >

Tropical North’s best brews showcased to millions in Hong Kong

29 Jul 2011
Some of Tropical North Queensland’s top coffee hot spots and coffee plantations will star in a Hong Kong television show about coffee, exposing the region to around 1.5 million Hong Kong viewers as part of a Tourism Queensland promotion. More >

More support to help Cassowary Coast get Back to Business

7 Jun 2011
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Tourism operators getting IT savvy and China-ready

1 Jun 2011
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has announced fully subsidised workshops are about to get underway to help tourism operators in Tropical North Queensland continue their recovery process. More >

Nothing Beats Mission Beach … and tourism operators are ready to sell it to the Europeans

28 May 2011
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has announced Mission Beach Tourism would be joining Cairns and Great Barrier Reef tourism operators and heading OS to sell our regions to the Europeans. More >

International media treated to tropical feast ahead of Cairns Airport Adventure Festival

28 May 2011
Media from around the world will be treated to an adventurous tour of Queensland’s tropics this week arrive to report on the Cairns Airport Adventure Festival and tourism experiences in the region. More >

Tropical North Queensland toasts the arrival of Japanese guests

19 May 2011
A group of VIP Japanese travel executives have been flown to Tropical North Queensland by Continental Airlines, to promote linkages between Cairns and Japan through Guam More >

Japanese media take on a tropical adventure

16 May 2011
A contingent of Japanese media will arrive in Tropical North Queensland today to see first-hand how Queensland’s iconic destinations are looking coming into winter, said Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Jan Jarratt. More >

Mega-familiarisation brings 58 German and Austrian travel agents to Tropical North Queensland

11 May 2011
A group of 58 travel agents, wholesale product managers and media from Germany and Austria will descend on Tropical North Queensland this week as part of a large travel trade contingent to see first-hand that the region is looking better than ever, Tourism Queensland CEO Anthony Hayes said today. More >

Tourism Recovery Forum for Mission Beach

6 Apr 2011
A free tourism industry recovery forum to help Mission Beach operators bounce back from Cyclone Yasi will be held on Tuesday 12 April. More >

American travel executives touch down in Tropical North Queensland

29 Mar 2011
The biggest names in North American travel have touched down in Cairns for a first-hand experience in the region. More >

Tropical North Queensland boasts unbeatable value in ‘adventurous’ new campaign

11 Mar 2011
From Monday, southern cities will be plastered with promotions offering free flights, discounted accommodation and unbeatable tour packages around the Tropical North as part of the new $530,000 “Adventurous by Nature” campaign, announced Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Jan Jarratt. More >

Chinese flight access to Cairns unlocked

9 Mar 2011
Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Jan Jarratt has welcomed a Gillard Government announcement which will require additional Chinese flights into Australia to stop in regional cities like Cairns. More >

Cairns and Townsville tourism get more post-cyclone assistance

9 Mar 2011
Additional Industry Recovery Officers (IROs) have been posted to Cairns and Townsville specifically to assist tourism operators affected by Cyclone Yasi and prolonged rains, announced Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Jan Jarratt. More >

The Seven Natural Wonders Organisation charmed by the tropical north

7 Mar 2011
Committee members from the Seven Natural Wonders Organisation have arrived in Cairns for a first-hand experience on the Great Barrier Reef, announced Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Jan Jarratt. More >

Tropical North Queensland tourism gets smart about China

2 Mar 2011
Strategies for undertaking business in China and embracing the Chinese culture will be outlined at a cross-cultural workshop in Cairns today to help local operators get a competitive edge said Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Jan Jarratt. More >

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair moves into new home on waterfront

26 Feb 2011
Premier Anna Bligh today announced the 2011 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) will be held at a new location at the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal at the waterfront in Cairns City. More >

Future attractions funding for Tropical North Queensland tourism announced

24 Feb 2011
Fresh and exciting tourism attractions are a step closer for Tropical North Queensland with $145,000 in Bligh Government research funding announced today. More >

Adventurous new campaign tempts visitors to the Tropics

23 Feb 2011
Premier Anna Bligh has today announced an ‘adventurous’ $530,000 national tourism campaign to tempt visitors to Tropical North Queensland after recent natural disasters. More >

International tourism heavyweights converge in Cairns

22 Feb 2011
The latest trends and issues in Queensland’s key international tourism markets have been the topic of a special industry briefing in Cairns today, announced Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Jan Jarratt. More >

Travel News

Green is the word

6 Feb 2012
Twelve months ago, the wind huffed and puffed, but couldn’t blow away the stunning natural beauty and heart-warming characters found along Queensland’s Great Green Way. More >

Feeling adventurous?

8 Sep 2011
There’s a first time for everything, as Celeste Mitchell discovers in Tropical North Queensland. If the most adventurous you’ve been lately is ordering a spicy Thai curry, go north my friend, for Cairns and its tropical surrounds are an adrenaline-junkie’s paradise. More >

The art of story telling begins in Cairns

8 Sep 2011
In the lead up to the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Shelley Winkel discovers the best place go hunting for indigenous experiences is right here in Queensland. More >

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