News: Tourism
Ultra Marathon Running World Tour heading to Rotorua
Rotorua's Tarawera Ultramarathon is to be part of the 2014 Ultra-Trail World Tour, a series of eight long distance running races in Africa, America, Asia and Europe with New Zealand…
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FIA World Rally Championship set to return to the Coffs Coast
In less than six weeks Coates Hire Rally Australia 2013, the Australian leg of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), will return to the Coffs Coast. The rally, last staged in September…
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Trails and bikeways program launched in Tasmania
Tasmanian Minister for Sport and Recreation, Michelle O'Byrne MP, has encouraged councils and community groups to take advantage of the $1 million worth of funding available from the…
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Prime Minister Rudd makes new Ministerial appointments in Arts, Environment and Sport
In the wake of last week's leadership change, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has revealed his new Ministry with changes in the key leisure porfolios of arts, environment and…
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Great Keppel Island resort redevelopment gets Queensland Government approval
A proposed $600 million redevelopment of the Great Keppel Island resort has been approved by the Queensland Government. The first major new resort project on the Great Barrier Reef in 25…
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Floating Indian Ocean island to combat rising sea levels
Details of a $500 million floating golf course, conference centre and hotel, planned for the Maldives, have been revealed. With an average elevation of just two metres above sea level,…
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Great Keppel Island proposal boosts confidence in Queensland tourism
The new $600 million Great Keppel Island eco-resort will be some of the best news Queensland's tourism industry has had in a decade if the project is approved, according to Tourism…
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Plans for safari tourists to hunt crocodiles
Trophy hunters may be allowed to pay to hunt saltwater crocodiles if Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke lifts a ban on the export of 'trophies' such as skins and skulls and…
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