North Queensland Airports Investment Overview
Overview of Tropical North Queensland
The Tropical North Queensland region (covering approximately
270,000 km2) is internationally recognised as a premier tourist
destination
Tropical North Queensland has an estimated population of
approximately 262,000 and attracted more than 2.2 million
overnight visitors in FY09. According to Tourism Queensland,
visitors spent over $2.4 billion in the Tropical North Queensland
region during 2009
Key Tropical North Queensland attractions include the Great
Barrier Reef; Wet Tropics rainforests, and tropical island retreats
More than 11,000 guest rooms, representing 5.1% of all guest
rooms in Australia
Thursday Island &
Weipa
A
| Auckland
Airport
Gulf of Carpentaria
Cape
York
Peninsula
NT
WA
SA
Coral Sea
Great Barrier Reef
Cooktown
Port Douglas
Cairns
Outback
Tourism Region
Northern
Tourism Region
Tourism Region
Highway
SLA boundary
International Airport
Town
Source: ABS Cat. No. 1353.0 (Integrated Regional Database).
QLD
NSW
ACT
VIC
600
kilometres
TAS
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