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Visitor number highest in years as region reaps tourism boom


Mr Thorburn said international and state closures had propelled the region as a Queensland hotspot.
“A lot of people had only just passed on the area, never bothering to stop because they didn’t see Stanthorpe as a destination,” she said.
“We’re getting a lot more repeat visitors now, who enjoyed it and are coming back and recommending it to friends.
“We’re being seen as a destination rather than a transit stop.”
Digital advertising was also allowing the entire world to see what the Southern Downs could offer.
With one of the first strong sunflowers crops in two year, Warwick Visitor Information Centre fielded more than 1200 sunflower queries in December and January alone. ....

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Councillors lock horns over water donation to sports club


Councillor Cameron Gow was one of the most vocal in favour of the request, contending the tourism benefits would outweigh any costs of the water.
“If Warwick Polocrosse can’t access this water, it’s potentially another event cancelled so people won’t visit our region, which flows onto our tourism operators,” Cr Gow said.
He was met with fierce opposition by councillors Andrew Gale, Ross Bartley, and Stephen Tancred, who all agreed the region’s drought status was too “desperate” to offer extra water to a sporting organisation.
“I cannot, in the current dire circumstances we find ourselves, to allow the use of any water that is capable of being treated to a drinking standard to be utilised for watering grass,” Cr Gale agreed. ....

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