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“By next year, the Palaszczuk Government will have delivered 100 tourism infrastructure projects throughout the state, many of which are eco-tourism projects, and close to $400 million in new investment being delivered in partnership with the private sector right across Queensland.
“These projects are creating jobs, stimulating the economy in surrounding regions, and encouraging increased tourism in those areas.”
Other Eco-tourism projects include:
■$2.8m revitalisation of Green Mountains Campground in Lamington National Park (O’Reilly’s – open)
■Australia’s first underwater hotel on the Great Barrier Reef (open – $10m project / Queenslad Government funding $2.75m)
■$10 million Scenic Rim Trail and Queensland’s only Great Walk of Australia (Spicers – open)