"We’ve had a project on the cards here called City Port for about the last 10 years. This is now going to really make it happen,” said Ports North chairman Russell Beer. "The work that’s been done in market sounding around the world has flushed out significant interest in further tourism development in Cairns … and expectations are that within a few years we’re going to see some significant new pieced of infrastructure here.”
Treasurer Curtis Pitt, who was in Cairns to formally announce the proposed concept, said registrations of interest in the Global Tourism Hub concept open on Monday and will be a
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The Global Tourism Hub covers more than 4ha of state-owned property on waterfront land, and while it includes a
Source: GMB / Cairns Post