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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has today announced the government has secured the latest Jeff Horn bout at Townsville’s new world-class stadium.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has today announced Queensland will host the 2020 Australian Tourism Awards for the first time in close to a decade.
Queensland will play host to English Premier League clubs Crystal Palace F.C. and West Ham United F.C. later this year as part of a package of events secured by the Palaszczuk Government which will deliver a $5.92 million windfall for the state’s economy.
A $2 million tourism campaign to encourage Aussies to ‘holiday here’ has hit TV screens across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
The Palaszczuk Government plans a major marketing push in the global home of country music to encourage more American tourists to come to Queensland.
Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has today announced Queensland’s volunteer firefighters and SES personnel will be offered up to four free tickets to this weekend’s NRL All Stars match on the Gold Coast.
Townsville MP Scott Stewart has today revealed the Palaszczuk Government has secured two international rugby tests for North Queensland for the first time since the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has today launched stage two of the ‘Wonders of the Whitsundays’ tourism campaign to boost domestic visitor numbers to the region.
Brisbane has secured the Oceania Road Championships as part of the Brisbane Cycling Festival, which is expected to deliver more than $4.7 million for Queensland’s economy in 2020.
Queensland tourism operators are bracing for a surge of American tourists following the launch of today’s new Qantas flights between San Francisco and Brisbane today.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has today announced the date of the 2020 TV WEEK Logie Awards on the Gold Coast.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has today announced Australian tourism icon Robert Irwin is spearheading the next phase of Queensland’s latest domestic tourism campaign.
Thousands of NRL fans are expected to descend on the Sunshine Coast in June as Queensland hosts its first-ever Women’s State of Origin match.
Korean superstars will this week shoot a TV show on the Gold Coast as part of a campaign to entice more tourists to hop on board new Jetstar flights from Seoul.
Queensland’s tourism industry experienced record growth in the year ending September 2019, with the latest figures from Tourism Research Australia showing more than 28 million visitors spent $25 billion in the Sunshine State.
Stage two of the ‘Wonders of the Whitsundays tourism campaign’ will be launched in 2020 following the overwhelming success of the first stage of the initiative.
A major tourism campaign set to reach 26 million people has been launched by the Palaszczuk Government today to lure North American travellers to southeast Queensland.
Queensland is preparing for a bumper summer holiday period with more high-spending Australians planning to holiday here than any other state.
Far North Queensland will host the state’s newest country music festival in 2020, with Savannah in the Round to debut at Mareeba after the event was secured by the Palaszczuk Government this month.
Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has today announced more than $1 million in extra funding to grow 43 events and create more tourism jobs through the latest round of the Queensland Destination Events Program (QDEP).
More than $20m will be pumped into the Brisbane economy with seven new major international business events set to attract more than 7000 delegates to Queensland.
Innovation Minister Kate Jones today announced Curiocity Brisbane would attract hundreds of thousands of visitors and inject more than $17 million into the Queensland economy in 2020.
Tourism remains a driving force in regions across Queensland, with new data showing the industry employs more than 235,000 people and pumps more than $27 billion into the state’s economy.
New flights take off after being secured by the State Government
Queensland’s iconic Coolangatta Beach will host more than 200 of the world’s best volleyball stars across a week of competition in March next year.
The Palaszczuk Government has launched a tourism marketing blitz in Europe, promoting Queensland as the perfect destination to escape the Northern Hemisphere winter.
Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has today confirmed a star-studded line-up of top women’s talent will take the court for the 2020 Brisbane International.
The Australian Masters Hockey Championships have been secured across two Queensland cities for 2020, thanks to a deal announced today by the Palaszczuk Government and Hockey Australia.
More than 50,000 rugby league fans are expected to travel to Brisbane for the second ever Magic Round, to be held on the May long weekend.
The Premier has tonight announced next year would be dedicated to First Nations experiences in Queensland, in front of a packed audience at the Queensland Tourism Awards on the Sunshine Coast.
A new Virgin Australia daily service from Tokyo to Brisbane secured by the Palaszczuk Government is expected to generate more than a quarter of a billion dollars and create 2,760 jobs in Queensland over the next three years.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has launched the 2020 Queensland events calendar, worth $880m to the state’s economy.
Records were broken at this year’s 60th Anniversary Mount Isa Mines Rodeo, with new data showing tourists spent a record $12.24 million in the local economy – $500,000 more than in 2018.
The Adina Polocrosse World Cup delivered a $5.6 million economic windfall for Warwick, generating more than 44,000 visitor nights in the region new data has revealed.
A new tourism campaign has been launched today encouraging Aussies to take a ‘sneaky short break’ to the Southern Queensland Country region before Christmas, aimed at supporting bushfire and drought-affected regions.
Cairns has today hosted the global launch of a new product from action camera giant GoPro, with images of Queensland to be beamed to a worldwide audience of more than five million people.
The Palaszczuk Government has announced a deal today that will see Air New Zealand fly new aircraft into Cairns from April 2020.
The Palaszczuk Government has today announced a deal with Air New Zealand that will increase flights to the Sunshine Coast, bring around 9000 extra tourists over three years and injecting more than $11 million into the local economy.
The Palaszczuk Government has today announced a deal with Air New Zealand that will increase flights to the Gold Coast, bring more than 21,000 extra tourists over two years and inject more than $28.7 million into the local economy.
Events across regional Queensland will receive a boost in funding from the Palaszczuk Government, with Tourism and Events Queensland today launching the latest round of the Queensland Destination Events Program.
A record 28 million tourists spent more than ever before in Queensland last year with the latest data released by Tourism Research Australia today showing visitors spent $24.8 billion in the Sunshine State in the year ended June 2019.
An interactive game teaching Chinese children about the Great Barrier Reef is the centerpiece of a new tourism marketing campaign designed to attract thousands of Chinese visitors to Tropical North Queensland.
More than 13 million Chinese commuters will catch a glimpse of Queensland on their way to work as part of a new subway station takeover campaign between the Palaszczuk Government and Ctrip, Asia’s largest online travel agent.
Queensland’s inbound tourism industry has been boosted by a major partnership with the world’s largest online payment platform Alipay.
An international campaign marketing Great Barrier Reef drive holidays has sold almost two and half times more flights into Queensland than anticipated and seen an increase in German visitors booking campervans for travel through Queensland.
The Palaszczuk Government has committed $300,000 for new tourism marketing campaigns to support communities impacted by recent bushfires.
The world’s number one male tennis player - Novak Djokovic - is set to headline the Brisbane leg of the ATP Cup in January, playing at the Queensland Tennis Centre for the first time since 2009.
An Easter blockbuster between the Brisbane Lions and Collingwood has been locked in at the Gabba for the next two years, Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has today announced.
Member for Cairns Michael Healy has today announced the government will launch one of the largest marketing campaigns in Tropical North Queensland’s history with an $2 million in funding confirmed today.
More than $7 million worth of holiday packages to North Queensland have been sold as part of a recent marketing campaign which has also raised more than $20,000 for flood victims.
Australia’s largest nostalgia festival celebrated record growth in 2019 with new data released today showing more than 120,000 people attended Cooly Rocks On this year – generating nearly $7 million for the Gold Coast economy.
The Gold Coast will host one of the NRL’s showpiece events in 2020 after a series of negotiations with the State Government for more sporting content recently.
The future of V8 racing in Queensland has been secured after Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones today announced a new deal with Supercars.
The Gold Coast 600 is revving up to be bigger and better than ever before with the Palaszczuk Government and council committed to working with Supercars on a new night race format in coming years.
The inaugural NRL Magic Round pumped a whopping $20million into Queensland’s economy over four days according to economic modelling released today.
New data released today shows the Palaszczuk Government has created more than 30,000 tourism jobs since forming government in 2015 – an increase of 15.5 per cent – to 236,000 jobs state-wide.
A world-first operatic masterpiece being staged in Brisbane in late 2020 is already demonstrating its value to the state’s tourism economy.
Brisbane will host three international water polo test matches in January 2020 in what is expected to be an epic clash between old rivals Australia and the USA.
Queensland businesses and tourism operators will head to India this week to showcase the state’s unique offerings to key trade partners.
Cloncurry - dubbed Queensland’s friendliest town in 2018 - will have a new moniker as the centre of the state’s events industry today as it hosts the 2019 DestinationQ Events Conference.
Ash Barty will compete at the Brisbane International in January 2020
A major international art exhibition held over five months at Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) pumped $35 million into the economy and generated 1.5 million visitor nights for Queensland, new data has revealed.
More Australians than ever before are choosing to holiday in Queensland, with visitor numbers and spending reaching record highs.
New data released this month shows the Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival experienced record growth in 2019 with more than 50,000 people attending each day of the iconic event, pumping more than $25 million into the local economy.
Brisbane will host one of the world’s largest travel industry conferences next year, with Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones today announcing Flight Centre will bring its global conference to the River City in July 2020.
Hundreds of Queensland’s foremost experts in tourism and major events will converge on Cloncurry for the state’s leading events forum next month.
An innovative new ‘mini program’ within WeChat, China’s most popular mobile application, will provide a platform to showcase some of Queensland’s key attractions to Chinese visitors.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has today revealed strong growth in the number of viewers who tuned in for the second ever Logies on the Gold Coast at the weekend.
Queensland has welcomed the inaugural AirAsia service between Bangkok and Brisbane, with the first flight touching down at Brisbane Airport today.
A tourism campaign positioning the Gold Coast as the ultimate family-friendly holiday destination has generated an estimated $20 million economic return for the Coast’s tourism industry.
International visitors are spending more in Queensland than ever before with the latest data released today showing a record $6 billion was spent in the past year.
Qantas will start non-stop flights from Brisbane to Chicago and San Francisco from April next year under a deal secured by the Palaszczuk Government.
The world’s first rideshare submarine, scUber, has arrived in Tropical North Queensland where it will focus the eyes of the globe on the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns and Port Douglas.
The world’s largest open lawn bowls tournament will be held on the Gold Coast for the next five years after the Palaszczuk Government today announced a new deal with Bowls Australia.
A huge surge in popularity for this year’s Gold Coast Marathon has prompted race organisers to increase capacity of the event to meet growing demand.
A potential 2.9 billion people world-wide have heard the news of the world’s first rideshare submarine within a week of launching on the Great Barrier Reef.
Member for Cairns Michael Healy has today announced an extra $1 million to promote Tropical North Queensland to domestic visitors.
Celebrity chef Matt Sinclair is the face of a new tourism campaign promoting Queensland’s world-class food and culinary offerings to the rest of the country.
In a world first, Brisbane will host a brand-new production of Richard Wagner’s operatic masterpiece Der Ring des Nibelungen, or ‘The Ring’, set to play out over four weeks in late 2020.
More than $900,000 worth of grants has been awarded to events across Queensland in the latest round of Queensland Destination Events Program (QDEP) funding.
The world’s first rideshare submarine has today been launched in a landmark partnership between Tourism and Events Queensland and Uber which will showcase the Great Barrier Reef like never before.
More than 1700 of the world’s most high-powered sporting executives took part in what is quickly becoming regarded as the best SportAccord in history on the Gold Coast last week.
The first-ever NRL Magic Round held in Brisbane over the weekend has been unanimously hailed a success with new data revealing strong support for the fixture.
A new tourism campaign encouraging Aussies to visit North Queensland will also generate cash for the North Queensland Flood Appeal, Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has announced.
New flights direct from Seoul to the Gold Coast will pump more than $176 million into the economy and create close to 2,000 jobs over the next three years.
Two weeks out from one of the biggest events on the rugby league calendar, junior footy clubs across Brisbane are set to capitalise when the biggest names in football converge on the River City.
The Gold Coast’s iconic Bleach* Festival will attract its biggest ever crowd in 2019, with the legacy of the Commonwealth Games helping to boost the profile of the event among interstate visitors.
As Queensland tourism operators capitalised on a bumper Easter break, new data showed a record number of domestic visitors spent more than ever before in 2018.
Queensland will be one of the easiest places in the world for Chinese tourists to visit following a new marketing agreement signed with global financial company UnionPay International.
New research shows Queensland’s tourism industry is about to enter one of its busiest annual holiday periods, bolstered this year with a series of public holidays.
New data shows more than 325,000 people attended Curiocity, QODE and the World Science Festival Brisbane over the past six weeks, boosting Queensland’s reputation as a world leader in science, technology and innovation.
The Year of Outback Tourism will ramp up this weekend when thousands of visitors arrive in Julia Creek for the Dirt n Dust Festival.
Queensland continues to grow its international tourism market share, with the latest data today showing international tourists spent more in Queensland in 2018 than ever before.
A delegation of outback Queensland tourism operators will fly to North America on a mission tomorrow as part of a strategy to promote the region’s dinosaur-related tourism experiences.
The Palaszczuk Government has secured the biggest sporting event ever to be held in Townsville – a fixture set to pump more than $16 million into the economy.
The first of more than 6000 Amway China delegates have touched down in Cairns as part of a month-long initiative set to pump $40 million into the Cairns economy.
The Year of Outback Tourism marketing campaign is expected to reach more than three million prospective tourists and double the number of Sunlover bookings in western Queensland, new data has revealed.
Tourism industry leaders will gather on the Sunshine Coast this November for three key tourism events – The Queensland Tourism Industry Council’s Indigenous Tourism Forum, the annual DestinationQ Forum and the Queensland Tourism Awards gala ceremony.
World-class women’s tennis will return to the Queensland Tennis Centre in April after Brisbane secured hosting rights for the blockbuster Fed Cup semi-final between Australia and Belarus.
A contingent of 38 Queensland companies featuring 49 delegates has joined Tourism and Events Queensland in Tianjin, China this week for the 2019 Queensland on Tour Greater China mission.
Five major events in the space of a month are set to inject more than $36 million into the Brisbane economy and attract hundreds of thousands of visitors.
Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) has today announced a new board for Events Management Queensland (EMQ), the organisation responsible for delivering the Gold Coast Marathon and the Pan Pacific Masters Games.
Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anna Meares has been announced as the official ambassador for the inaugural Brisbane Cycling Festival in 2019.
Australia’s TV A-list will return to the Gold Coast for the 2019 TV WEEK Logies on Sunday, 30 June, Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has announced.
MasterChef Australia is set to be filmed in Queensland for the first time ever promoting the state’s unique local produce and world-class restaurants.
Queensland tourism operators from across the state will travel to key cities in India as part of a six-day Queensland on Tour trade mission.
More than $50 million will be pumped into the Queensland economy from international business events this year following strong support from the Palaszczuk Government, new economic modelling has revealed.
A new AirAsia service between Bangkok and Brisbane starting in June 2019 is forecast to inject up to $156 million to the Queensland economy over the next three years.
Following years of growth and overwhelming success, Assistant Tourism Industry Development Minister Meaghan Scanlon today named Broadbeach’s Groundwater Country Music Festival Queensland’s newest ‘major event’.
This weekend will mark the biggest ever Bundaberg Cup as a record-breaking 68 teams converge on Wide Bay for the iconic touch football competition.
One of the world’s richest horse racing events taking place on the Gold Coast today will deliver millions of dollars to the Queensland economy.
Strong growth in Queensland’s burgeoning international tourism sector has seen the Sunshine State out-perform both NSW and Victoria according to new data released today.
The world’s best men’s and women’s tennis players will be back in Brisbane every year in a new and exciting format announced today – attracting tourists and delighting tennis fans from around the world.
Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has today launched an innovative new, multi-location golf event for Outback Queensland, including a million-dollar hole-in-one challenge.
Events across Queensland will receive a funding boost as part of a strategy to attract more visitors to Queensland.
