In a major milestone for Queensland tourism, Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones yesterday announced work has begun on the first projects under the government’s $25 million Great Barrier Reef Island Resorts Rejuvenation Program.
Clean-up work is under way at Green Island Resort, 27 kilometres off the coast of Cairns. Ms Jones says Green Island was one of 10 Great Barrier Reef Islands to receive government funding to rejuvenate the areas resorts.
Ms Jones says the resorts on Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef islands were once hugely iconic for our tourism industry and she wants to see these resorts restored back to their former glory.