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RECORD overnight visitor expenditure to year ending March 2023!
Posted on July 3rd, 2023
Tourism Research Australia has this week released visitation data for the year ending March 2023 with record results for the Southern Great Barrier Reef. Official Tourism Research Australia (TRA) data released recently confirmed that to the year ending March 2023,… Read more »
Southern Great Barrier Reef Agri-Tourism Business Mentoring Program – Applications close next Tuesday 13th June
Posted on June 6th, 2023
Capricorn Enterprise is pleased to announce we are hosting an Agri-tourism business mentoring program. The Southern Great Barrier Reef regions in partnership with Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) are seeking to support the development of new agri-tourism businesses to… Read more »
International spotlight on Capricorn Region Southern Great Barrier Reef at ATE 2023
Posted on May 10th, 2023
Last week the 43rd edition of ATE (30th April to 4th May), was hosted by Tourism Australia, in partnership with Tourism and Events Queensland and supported by Destination Gold Coast, and brought together around 2,300 delegates from Australia and more than 30 international… Read more »
International spotlight on Capricorn Region Southern Great Barrier Reef
Posted on April 26th, 2023
Eleven (11) international tourism trade partners and four (4) international media representatives are experiencing the Capricorn region within the Southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR) destination over the next three weeks, either prior to, or after, their attendance at the annual… Read more »
Country on Keppel completes line-up of stars
Posted on March 14th, 2023
ADAM BRANDLYN BOWTELL | MATT CORNELL | JAMES BLUNDELLMELANIE DYER | CAITLYN SHADBOLT | DANNY PHEGANTONY COOK & THE BLUNDELL BROS | ZAC CROSS BANDBROOKE SUPPLE | KATE MAHOOD | DENVAH2021 GREEN BROTHERS COUNTRY ON KEPPEL TALENT SEARCH WINNER ALICE… Read more »
Southern Great Barrier Reef heads to New Zealand
Posted on March 7th, 2023
This week, on behalf of the whole of the Southern Great Barrier Reef destination (Capricorn, Gladstone & Bundaberg), SGBR Leader Eloise Chaffers is attending Tourism and Events Queensland’s New Zealand Trade Show, “Queensland is calling”. During 85 appointments in Auckland… Read more »
MS EUROPA 2 drops anchor on the Southern Great Barrier Reef
Posted on February 15th, 2023
Visitors and locals who were out and about making the most of the Capricorn Coast’s sunshine on Sunday were treated with a spectacular sight as they glanced out over Keppel Bay to Great Keppel Island. The 226-metre giant carrying over… Read more »
National Experience Content Initiative
Posted on January 30th, 2023
The National Experience Content Initiative was a $12 million content creation initiative aimed at supporting tourism businesses across Australia in their recovery and driving increased visitation by helping them to better market their experiences and attractions. Of the 1500 tourism… Read more »
Capricorn Caves set to beam during the Summer Solstice
Posted on December 6th, 2022
December is that incredibly exciting time of the year when life is a blur, and the rush of the festive season certainly catches us up. However, at the iconic Capricorn Caves, just 23 kilometres from the city of Rockhampton, it… Read more »
From Reef to Rainforest, Ch 9’s Getaway explores the Capricorn Coast, Southern Great Barrier Reef
Posted on August 2nd, 2022
Dropping anchor at Great Keppel Island and Byfield rainforest for four nights last week, presenter David Whitehill and cameraman Roger Price filming for Channel 9’s popular national lifestyle television show Getaway, spent their days exploring our blue and green natural… Read more »