Bundaberg Tourism has been invited to join the Australian Tourism Export Council’s South Queensland Leadership Group, with Trade & Industry Development Executive, Loni Hammond to be the voice of the Bundaberg region and our dedicated tourism operators.

You are invited to attend a free face-to-face training session delivered by Get Skilled Access on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport as part of the Accessible Tourism in Queensland project. The sessions includes a 90-minute presentation for Queensland tourism businesses and local government areas, covering all aspects of disability inclusion and accessibility for frontline tourism staff and provide the skills to welcome guests with disability at your service, attraction or business.

There is no doubt about the level of commitment and work involved in achieving ECO Tourism Certification.

The long-term thinking businesses who have built sustainable and responsible practices into their operations have long enjoyed the benefits of cost savings when using more sustainable energy, the efficiencies the ECO Certification process brings, the point of difference in the marketplace plus the reward that the business is leaving a positive legacy. This commitment and ongoing investment into their businesses is now turning into sales with tourism distribution partners now recognizing and supporting ECO Certified operators.

To fill industry skills gaps and meet the needs of a growing travel market, QTIC and the Queensland Government are working together to help tourism and hospitality operators upskill their staff inhouse.

We invite you to take advantage of this free workforce development opportunity to onboard, retain, and reskill your staff through online micro-credentialing courses.

The bite-sized and flexible courses are a great way to expediate the upskilling of staff and reduce the cost of onboarding new employees. With staff trained in as little as 40 minutes.

In the years since COVID, the tourism industry has felt the brunt of the enormous global disruptions, both physically and psychologically.  The rulebook was thrown out in 2020 as the world went into lockdowns, and with state and national borders now open, and people able to travel to almost anywhere in the world, we once again face a massive shift in our industry and the shape of global tourism.

The most anticipated awards event in the Australian tourism industry calendar will take place on 18 March 2022, when the largest ever representation of Bundaberg and the Southern Great Barrier Reef tourism operators travel to the Sunshine Coast for the 2021 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards.

Bundaberg welcomed Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk this week, who announced from Mon Repos Turtle Centre that Queensland will shine in the first national tourism campaigns in more than 18 months.

Tourism & Events Queensland's 2021 Social Indicators Report for Bundaberg was released earlier this month. Results give a promising reassurance that our local community understand and support the greater good that tourism and the visitor economy can bring to the region.

Two multi-million dollar tourism infrastructure projects were launched in Bundaberg this week to drive strong visitation to the destination as part of the tourism industry's economic recovery from Covid-19.

Lady Musgrave HQ pontoon and Macadamias Australia's new tourism experience and cafe received combined funding of over $2.5million from the Queensland Government's Growing Tourism Infrastructure Program and will support 34 new jobs for the region.

Alliance Airlines and Lady Musgrave Experience have announced an exciting new day trip to the pristine Southern Great Barrier Reef.

The Great Barrier Reef Day Trip package includes charter flights Brisbane and Bundaberg and a day trip to the newest reef experience on the Reef, the Lady Musgrave HQ pontoon.

On 6 May 2021, Tourism Australia launched the next iteration of the Holiday Here This Year campaign.

The campaign encourages Australians to take an epic holiday and experience some of Australia’s iconic tourism offerings while also helping tourism businesses and communities to thrive. This latest activation showcases internationally reliant tourism regions in every state and territory to encourage domestic audiences to start taking those longer trips and travel like international consumers do. Tourism Australia have also created an interactive holiday quiz to help consumers choose their next big adventure.