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“As we move forward post-covid the industry needs to engage as ‘Team Australia’ to re-establish ourselves as a highly desirable destination and be competitive against the rest of the world for the global tourism dollar.”

“It is hugely important that Australian tourism products get back to their markets and put the message out that they are eagerly awaiting the arrival of international visitors,” ATEC Managing Director Peter Shelley said today.

“We want our international tourism partners to experience Tropical North Queensland’s iconic visitor attractions and great tropical Queensland lifestyle for themselves,” Mr Healy said.

“ATEC Meeting Place gives Cairns’ tourism and hospitality operators the chance to meet face-to-face with the buyers who sell and promote Queensland holiday packages to overseas travel agents.

“This week the Tropical North Queensland tourism industry will ensure these VIPs not only see great but leave greater knowing that they have a deeper understanding of the World Heritage areas and people they are visiting.”

“We know when international buyers have first-hand knowledge of our world-class visitors and amazing cultural experiences, they’ll recommend them again and again to overseas agents and holidaymakers.

“That’s why it’s crucial to leverage great opportunities like ATEC Meeting Place for the post-Covid recovery of Queensland’s international tourism industry.

“As the industry reboots, we are facing many challenges and obstacles from aviation capacity, to workforce stress to global factors like the war in Ukraine, so it’s vital that tourism businesses get back out there and get noticed.

“Hosting these travel trade VIPs gives us the opportunity to discuss Tropical North Queensland’s strong focus on sustainability and allows them to discover why we are a leading nature-based destination,” he said.

“This is our to time shine on the international stage and welcome the world with unbeatable holiday experiences visitors won’t find anywhere else but Queensland.

“The Palaszczuk Government’s Towards Tourism 2032 roadmap is about maximising the two golden decades of opportunity the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will deliver for our visitor economy.

Meeting Place is a major business-to-business event on the export tourism industry calendar bringing together over 450 delegates to take part in more than 4500 face-to-face meetings.

Tourism Tropical North Queensland Chief Executive Officer Mark Olsen said the inbound tour operators participating in Meeting Place would play a key role in helping to restart the region’s $1 billion-a-year export industry.

“Our destination’s success has come from our diverse world-class visitor experiences, our leadership in ecotourism and our warm hospitality.
As one of Australia’s most popular destinations for international visitors, Cairns will this week play host to more than 100 key international buyers – the people who will help reconnect the region to its tourism markets across the globe.

Queensland’s Assistant Tourism Minister Michael Healy said ATEC Meeting Place was an important part of rebuilding Queensland’s international visitor economy and supporting jobs.

“Attracting overseas visitors is a highly competitive business, even more so since the pandemic.