The big winners in this year’s Queensland Tourism Awards include GC Aqua Park, which won major tourist attraction, and Dracula’s Gold Coast, taking out the top tourist attraction.
The Sunshine Coast’s Eumundi Markets won Gold for major festivals and events, while the festivals and events award went to the Abbey Medieval Festival in Brisbane, which also took out excellence in accessible tourism.
Brisbane’s Fun Over 50 Holidays-Immersive Tours & Adventures took home a number of awards, winning major tour and transport operator and cultural tourism, as well as the Steve Irwin Award for Ecotourism.
Saltwater Eco Tours on the Sunshine Coast came out on top for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tourism experiences, while the winner for adventure tourism was Cairns Adventure Group.
O’Reilly’s Canungra Valley Vineyards won the Tourism Restaurants and Catering Services award. Ridgemill Estate Winery claimed the tourism wineries, distilleries and breweries honours. The New Tourism Business award went to Alsahwa Estate in the Sunshine Coast.
. . . Accommodation
The hosted accommodation winner was Narrows Escape Rainforest Retreat on the Sunshine Coast, Whitsunday Escape took unique accommodation, and RACV Noosa Resort won top self-contained accommodation. For the high-end traveller, Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort won the 4-4.5-star deluxe accommodation category, while the 5-Star luxury accommodation title went to Reef House Adults Retreat in Tropical North Queensland. See the full list of winners HERE.
