CEO & Board Updates

Virgin’s announcement that two of its return flights per week would be downsized will have minimal impact on the region as the 300 lost seats equate to about 0.3% of the total Cairns domestic capacity.

We recognise that the region has been challenged over the summer period, and over the past few weeks public attention has been drawn to the importance of tourism.

As the year draws to a close we take time to reflect on our achievements and realise that so many of them have resulted from strong partnerships.

The value of tourism in Tropical North Queensland is firmly cemented in the minds of the nation’s most influential politicians after intensive lobbying as part of the Cairns Convoy to Canberra last week.

Feedback from China indicates that the number of independent visitors will continue to grow from this source market bringing a new, savvy traveller who wants to do more than tick off the reef, rainforest and Indigenous culture with half day trips.

Australia’s leading travel writers will explore Tropical North Queensland when Cairns hosts the Australian Society of Travel Writers Convention on 18-20 October 2019.