Great begins at the Southern reef

The tourism and business sectors on Queensland's Sunshine Coast have been lobbying the man who could be the next federal Tourism Minister. The Coalition's tourism spokesman, Bob Baldwin, was on the coast yesterday to inspect the region's attractions ...

Tourism experts say next month's jam-packed football calendar in Brisbane will inject an extra $18 million into the Queensland economy. Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says some hotels are already booked out. "People will be looking further afield ...

A tourism group has come up with a novel way of promoting one of the main drawcards on Queensland's Darling Downs. Southern Queensland Country Tourism has set up a camera in Toowoomba's Queens Park that broadcasts the park's autumn leaves changing ...

Watch out Gold Coast and the Great Barrier Reef, another Queensland attraction is attempting a grab of tourism dollars - Logan. The city, perhaps unfairly best known for it locals being dubbed Logan Bogans, has launched its first tourism campaign ...

A western Queensland tourism operator says the region's tourism industry will help to protect small town economies from the impact of drought and low commodity prices. Qantas Founders Museum spokesman Tony Martin at Longreach in the state's ...

Queensland's Hamilton Island has announced a valuable tie-up with Asian social media giant QQ.com as part of a plan to dramatically increase the number of Chinese visiting Australia. Chinese visitors pumped $4.2 billion into the Australian economy ...

Updated May 09, 2013 11:48:18 A western Queensland cattleman says diversifying into

Tourism Cape York says a lack of infrastructure is hampering efforts to turn the far north Queensland region into a better holiday destination. The organisation was set up late last year and so far has 66 members. CEO Trish Butler says challenges ...

In a bid to tap the growing Indian overseas traveller market, Australian state of Queensland has roped in cricket legend Matthew Hayden for a new tourism campaign.