Half-price holidays: Qld regions win big in Morrison’s $1.2b tourism splurge

Thursday March 11, 2021

The Morrison Government has thrown $1.2 billion at getting Australians back to travel with four Queensland regions reaping the benefits.

Queensland regional centres are set to win big from the federal government’s Ticket to Recovery investment. (AAP Image/James Gourley)

Under the plan, the Government will subsidise half the cost of about 800,000 airline tickets to 13 destinations including Cairns, the Sunshine Coast, Proserpine, Hamilton Island and the Gold Coast from April 1.

The plan is likely to be a huge boost to Easter travel in Queensland, but there have…

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