News: Attractions
Adventure park and high ropes course provider KristallTurm sets up New Zealand-based regional distribution
Leading international high ropes course and adventure park manufacturer and supplier KristallTurm® has established a base in Rotorua to supply the modular system in Australia...
Dec 10, 2019
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Tourist excursions to White Island were a 'disaster waiting to happen'
Amid reports that eight people remain missing on New Zealand’s White Island, in addition to five confirmed dead, the wisdom of allowing the volcanic island to be a tourism...
Dec 9, 2019
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Lorne’s Live Wire Park introduces new elevated experience
Winning Best New Tourism Business at the Victorian Tourism Industry Council awards last week, Lorne’s Live Wire Park has introduced their new elevated experience, the Spring...
Dec 9, 2019
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Dreamworld appointment to drive new entertainment activities
Amid Dreamworld’s biggest Gold Coast campaign launch, the theme park has announced the appointment of Nicole James as Entertainment Manager. Building on its ride offerings,...
Dec 9, 2019
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Tokyo Disneyland reveals details of its largest expansion
Tokyo Disneyland owner the Oriental Land Co has announced new details on the expansion of its attractions that are set to open as of next year, including the Beauty and the...
Dec 8, 2019
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Melbourne Zoo innovation leads to giraffe medical breakthrough
Innovative thinking from keepers and vets at Melbourne Zoo has resulted in a new technique to help monitor the dental health of one of the Zoo’s ageing citizens - a 23-year-old...
Dec 8, 2019
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Innovation in Asian attractions to be explained at IQPC Forum in Singapore
With Asia set to become the world’s largest attractions market by 2020 in terms of visitor numbers and industry value, conference organiser IQPC will be staging the 2nd Annual...
Dec 6, 2019
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Six Victorian tourism operators enter RACV Hall of Fame
Six of Victoria’s leading tourism and events operators have been inducted into the RACV Victorian Tourism Awards esteemed Hall of Fame. Riverboats Music Festival 2019, Parks...
Dec 6, 2019
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Napier City Council considers $77 million redevelopment or closure for National Aquarium
Napier City Council has unveiled ambitious plans for the development of a new National Aquarium and Oceans Centre on its foreshore, presenting a business case for a new...
Dec 6, 2019
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New waterslide tower opened at Perth’s Outback Splash
Perth’s Outback Splash attraction has opened its new six-storey waterslide tower with multiple slides measuring almost half a kilometre in length. Introducing the four new...
Dec 5, 2019
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Shanghai Disney Resort pilots X-ray machines for security screening
Shanghai Disney Resort has commenced trialling X-ray machines for security screening at the entrance of the resort's Shanghai Disneyland theme park. Resort management is...
Dec 5, 2019
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Puffing Billy Railway set to debut restored locomotive
Coinciding with Victorian tourist attraction Puffing Billy’s 119th birthday, the fully restored cab, NG/G16 129 will become operational on 18th December. The realisation of the...
Dec 4, 2019
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URBNSURF Melbourne partners with Surfing Victoria
The new URBNSURF surf park - located on a two-hectare site close to Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport - has secured a three-year strategic partnership with Surfing Victoria, the...
Dec 3, 2019
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Gumbuya World prepares for record-breaking crowds
Gumbuya World is set to welcome record-breaking crowds this summer following the Victorian attraction’s multi-million dollar waterpark expansion. Gumbuya World Chief Executive...
Dec 3, 2019
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Orange Regional Museum secures IMAGinE award
Orange Regional Museum has secured a 2019 IMAGinE award from Museums and Galleries of NSW for their exhibition All in a Day's Work. Orange Regional Museum partnered with the...
Dec 3, 2019
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Significant fall in New Zealand skiing and snowboarding injuries attributed to risk management and education
New Zealand's Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) spent $23.5 million on skiing and snowboarding injuries in 2019 - a 17% fall on the year before - with operators saying...
Dec 3, 2019
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Jurassic Zoo returns for summer at Australian Reptile Park
Popular demand has seen the Australian Reptile Park promote its Jurassic Zoo from the 19th of December 2019 until the 27th of January 2020. Recently awarded Gold at the NSW...
Dec 3, 2019
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Ferrari World Abu Dhabi named World’s Leading Theme Park
Indoor theme park Ferrari World Abu Dhabi has been named the World’s Leading Theme Park at the 2019 World Travel Awards, presented last over the weekend at the Royal Opera House...
Dec 2, 2019
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Paradise Country welcome troop of marmosets
Paradise Country, Village Roadshow Theme Park’s Australian homestead on the Gold Coast Queensland, has welcomed a troop of marmosets ahead of the summer school holidays. The...
Dec 2, 2019
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Canberra's Manuka Pool reopens after $2.42 million upgrade
The ACT's historic Manuka Pool reopened to the community for its 89th swimming season at the weekend following a $2.42 million upgrade. The historic facility, which first opened...
Dec 2, 2019
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Hong Kong Leisure Services impacted by protests
Months of recent protests in Hong Kong have had a significant impact on the Chinese Special Administrative Region's Leisure and Cultural Services Department, with frequent...
Dec 2, 2019
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National Museum of Australia secures tourism industry award
The National Museum of Australia has won the Canberra Region tourism industry Major Festivals and Events award for their exhibition Rome: City and Empire, held on Friday 29th...
Dec 1, 2019
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Japan’s Shuri Castle attracts funds for rebuilding as crisis response to fire slammed
Following the destruction by fire in October 2019 of the UNESCO World heritage site, Shuri Castle, a popular tourist location in the capital of the Japanese island of Okinawa,...
Dec 1, 2019
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Coronet Peak opens chairlifts for summer recreation
Queenstown ski field Coronet Peak has opened its chairlifts and new eight-seater gondola cabins for the summer season allowing daily access to its recreational and mountain bike...
Dec 1, 2019
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