LNP pulls tourism policy – launch turns into lattes with Messenger and Dickson
Published Thursday, 15 January, 2009 at 05:37 PM
Minister for Tourism, Regional Development and Industry
The Honourable Desley Boyle
This morning the LNP promised to release their tourism policy but by this afternoon their policy turned into ‘discussions with local industry’.
LNP Shadow Tourism Minister Rob Messenger and Member for Kawana Steve Dickson were on morning radio talking up the Springborg tourism policy – designed to deal with the effects of the global economic crisis on the Queensland tourism industry.
“The LNP invited everyone to hear their golden plans and what did they get? A discussion so the LNP can understand the issues facing the Queensland tourism industry.
“The time for talking is long past Mr Springborg – action is what the Queensland tourism industry needs and action is what it is getting from the Bligh Government.
“In the last 48 hours tens of millions of people globally heard about Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef because of the Bligh Government’s new international tourism campaign.
“From the UK to Vatican City this state has been splashed internationally across every tv, website and newspaper.
“This follows ‘Homegrown’ and ‘Too Easy’, the Government’s major domestic tourism campaigns which ran at the end of 2008 and contributed to a bumper Christmas holiday season for Queensland.
“The Bligh Government is in action securing tourism jobs the best possible way, by getting more people to Queensland.
“It is high time the Liberal National Party came clean and released their Tourism Action Plan,” Ms Boyle said.
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LNP Shadow Tourism Minister Rob Messenger and Member for Kawana Steve Dickson were on morning radio talking up the Springborg tourism policy – designed to deal with the effects of the global economic crisis on the Queensland tourism industry.
“The LNP invited everyone to hear their golden plans and what did they get? A discussion so the LNP can understand the issues facing the Queensland tourism industry.
“The time for talking is long past Mr Springborg – action is what the Queensland tourism industry needs and action is what it is getting from the Bligh Government.
“In the last 48 hours tens of millions of people globally heard about Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef because of the Bligh Government’s new international tourism campaign.
“From the UK to Vatican City this state has been splashed internationally across every tv, website and newspaper.
“This follows ‘Homegrown’ and ‘Too Easy’, the Government’s major domestic tourism campaigns which ran at the end of 2008 and contributed to a bumper Christmas holiday season for Queensland.
“The Bligh Government is in action securing tourism jobs the best possible way, by getting more people to Queensland.
“It is high time the Liberal National Party came clean and released their Tourism Action Plan,” Ms Boyle said.
Media contact:
3225 1005 or 0419 025 326