News: Environment
Australian imaging company supports Koala Plantation Fund
Melbourne-based Digital Photo Industries, a leading supplier of digital imaging expertise to visitor attractions, is helping fund a new eucalypt plantation which will provide an...
Feb 25, 2018
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Protesting landowners end Kokoda Track blockade
Protesting landowners in Papua New Guinea have ended their blockade of the famous Kokoda Track. The PNG Government has agreed to the group's key demand - to review a joint aid...
Feb 25, 2018
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Kakadu to build on Australian Tourism Awards’ success with upgraded infrastructure and major events
World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park has taken out the Australian Tourism Awards’ top prize for Major Tourist Attraction for 2017. The Tourism Awards were announced in...
Feb 25, 2018
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Record medal haul for Western Australia at National Tourism Awards
Western Australian tourism businesses have taken home a record number of medals at the 2017 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards, attended by more than 750 tourism industry...
Feb 23, 2018
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AQWA marks 30th anniversary with week of events
Ready to celebrate its 30th anniversary this April, the Aquarium of Western Australia (AQWA) has announced that it will stage a week of birthday events between 13th and 20th...
Feb 22, 2018
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Waitakere ranges closure a ‘devastating blow’ to recreation
The New Zealand Recreation Association has expressed sadness at the Auckland Council decision to close the entire forested area of the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park and major...
Feb 22, 2018
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Parks body backs Infrastructure Australia’s call for national leadership on green space
Parks and recreation body Parks and Leisure Australia has welcomed today’s report from Infrastructure Australia on the need for the Federal Government to take a greater...
Feb 22, 2018
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Massive new Sea Life Nagoya to open next to Legoland Japan
Management of Legoland Japan have confirmed that its new 2,000 metre² aquarium, Sea Life Nagoya, is to open on 15th April. Containing 11 display zones and about 2,000 sea...
Feb 22, 2018
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Noise complaint shuts down morning swim classes at Scarborough Beach Pool
Just weeks after its opening, early morning swimming classes at the new Scarborough Beach Pool have been halted due to a noise complaint by a nearby resident. WAToday has report...
Feb 21, 2018
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Tourists to be banned from Thailand’s famous Maya Bay
Concerns over environmental damage at Thailand’s Maya Bay, location for the Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach , has led Thai tourism officials to announce a planned three month...
Feb 12, 2018
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Queensland tourism operators committed to tackling climate change issues
The Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) has applauded the efforts of hundreds of tourism operators across Queensland who are working to address climate change head-on....
Feb 9, 2018
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Climate change threatening Australian tourism
Australia's most popular tourist destinations are under threat, with intensifying climate change posing a significant threat to the nation’s iconic natural wonders, according to...
Feb 8, 2018
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Southern brown bandicoot sighted in Kuitpo Forest for first time since Ash Wednesday fires of 1983
A motion sensor camera has captured a rare sighting of southern brown bandicoot at a location in the Kuitpo Forest near Kangarilla, just south of Adelaide. Rangers say it is the...
Feb 7, 2018
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Rotorua Walking Festival ready to celebrate 25 years
One of Rotorua’s most popular events, the Rotorua Walking Festival, will this year celebrate its 25th anniversary. Being held on the weekend of 17th and 18th March, this year...
Feb 6, 2018
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Kokoda Track blocked in landowner protest
Landowners on part of the Kokoda Track say they will stop tourists from undertaking the famous walk in a dispute with the Papua New Guinea Government. The landowners want the...
Feb 6, 2018
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Legoland Malaysia to expand with new Sea Life Aquarium
The operators of the Legoland Malaysia Resort have advised that the attraction is to expand with the opening of the Sea Life Malaysia Aquarium in the fourth quarter of this...
Feb 5, 2018
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Creative Victoria secures three term tender to stage APAM
The Australia Council for the Arts has awarded Creative Victoria the tender for the delivery of the next three editions of the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM). This...
Feb 5, 2018
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Research finds that children are more creative in natural environments
New research from Curtin University has found that exposure to nature helps school children with creative tasks. The recently published research was based on testing primary...
Feb 4, 2018
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Tourism to generate 2.4 million new jobs in Indonesia
Newly released data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) shows that the tourism industry is set to generate 2.4 million new jobs in Indonesia in the coming years....
Feb 2, 2018
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Ardent Leisure reports slower than expected growth in Dreamworld visitation
Revealing the birth of two new Tiger cubs today at Dreamworld’s Tiger Island today, parent company Ardent Leisure has also revealed a significant rise in attendance at the Gold...
Feb 1, 2018
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Hot weather having big impact on New Zealand’s 'water tower' glaciers
Current high temperatures are having a concerning effect on glaciers and ice fields on New Zealand’s South Island, according to University of Otago researchers. A research team...
Jan 30, 2018
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Research reveals how humans impact on wildlife movement
A study co-authored by a Phillip Island Nature Parks’ researcher has assessed how animal movements can be severely compromised by human activity. Animals in the wild travel...
Jan 29, 2018
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Supreme Heating launches ground-breaking hybrid solar PV thermal panel
Supreme Heating, one of Australia’s most trusted pool heating companies had announced the launch of its new two-in-one solar solution, the Heatseeker DualSun hybrid solar PV...
Jan 29, 2018
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UAE to host Asia Pacific’s leading adventure tourism trade event
The potential, and limitations, of the fast growing adventure tourism market in Asia is to be explored at the PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart...
Jan 29, 2018
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