Minister for Tourism Industry Development and Innovation and Minister for Sport The Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe
The Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program is making a splash with Queensland schools and supporting tourism jobs for the Palaszczuk Government’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan.
Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said to date 36 schools had been approved for the Great Barrier Reef Education Experience.
“More than 1,556 students from the Gold Coast to Cook Shire will be packing their bags for a school excursion experience of a lifetime on the Great Barrier Reef,” Mr Hinchliffe said.
“They’ll travel to the reef during this year’s third and fourth terms.
Applications are open for Queensland schools to join the Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program as part of the Palaszczuk Government's Economic.
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The State government will shell out $1 million for Queensland schoolkids to go on class excursions to the Great Barrier Reef in the latest push to spark the ailing tourism industry. Just days after announcing a promotion entitling travellers to $200 vouchers to tour Cairns and the tropical north, the State government will today unveil a program to encourage more Queensland kids to visit the reef on school excursions. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said a trip to the reef should be at the top of every Queensland school kid s excursion wish list. The Great Barrier Reef is being targeted in a number of tourism promotions to encourage more visitors. Picture: Tourism Tropical North Queensland.