Nip ‘n’ tuck treatment Down Under

A PEAK Australian tourism body is hoping a few nips and tucks will save the nation’s ailing holiday industry.The Australian Tourism Export Council is pushing for Australia to evolve as a leading medical tourism destination and says Queensland could potentially lead the way as the nation’s biggest supplier of health holidays.Medical tourism refers to the [...]

Tourism revival rests on Baz doing a Hoges

IF you believe the gathering hype over the still-to-be-released Baz Luhrmann film Australia, this is going to be an international blockbuster.
OK, so it helps to have Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman getting steamy in the Outback. But there is something else we want from the Luhrmann film, other than box-office glory. Tourism Australia so desperately [...]

Taronga Zoo : Sydney

Taronga Zoo is the city zoo of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Officially opened on October 7th, 1916, it is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman. Taronga Zoo is managed by the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales under the trading name, “Taronga Conservation Society”, along with Dubbo’s [...]

Australian fruits may be next “superfruits”

A group of Australian scientists has suggested a dozen native Australian fruits that could be of interest to the natural products industry, particularly as antioxidants, in an article published in Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies.
“The search for world unique food ingredients and flavors with enhanced health-beneficial properties is at present one of the key [...]