International Travellers To The Whitsundays

Tourism Whitsundays and Cruise Whitsundays are heading to Brisbane in early September to meet with 49 buyers from India and South East Asia at Experience Queensland - India and South East Asia. This event, run by Tourism and Events Queensland, is focusing on this emerging market and building relationships with travel buyers and wholesalers from these locations.  
  
"Going back to pre-Covid times, India was quickly gaining momentum as a source market for The Whitsundays and this business-to-business networking and meeting day is a step to restarting that market," said Cait. 
  
The international travellers have been slower to return than expected and there's an element of retraining involved in terms of how to get to The Whitsundays from the other side of the world, however we're seeing our international visitor numbers grow each and every quarter which is fantastic,  
  
Earlier this month, we attended Queensland is Calling - North America where Ben Summers met with travel agents across America to educate them on The Whitsundays.  
  
These trade shows, whether they are in America, UK, China or Australia all focus on the same key points:  
   1. Where The Whitsundays are 
   2. How do travel agents get their clients here 
   3. Why The Whitsundays is different to other reef or beach destinations 

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Contributed by Cait Fleming, Industry Development & Trade Manager, Tourism Whitsundays  

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