Queensland Tourism Sector at Rock Bottom
He plans to donate 500 free room nights on the Whitsunday Islands.
Qantas Airways chief executive expects the Japanese to snub the Cairns market even though it was relatively untouched by the recent disasters.
Tourism towns Cairns and Airlie Beach are largely open for business, despite perceptions to the contrary.
At Mission Beach, operators are trying to get their properties reopened before Easter. The Elandra resort will reopen on April 11.
Hideaway Resorts are “assessing the damage” at its Dunk and Bedarra Islands.
“It’s too early to say when they will reopen but it will be months,” Hideaways Resorts chairman Rupert Greenhough told the AFR.