July 13, 2012
Local tourism leader Mary-Clare Power has confirmed that the name of the new tourism organisation that will cover the South Burnett will be “Southern Queensland Country Tourism Incorporated”.
The Chief Executive Officer at “Toowoomba Golden West & South Burnett Tourism” and “Southern Downs & Granite Belt Tourism” said the process to merge the two entities was continuing “but there is light at the end of the tunnel”.
“The transition team have met again with all seven local government authorities throughout the ‘new’ region and about half of the industry consultations have been completed,” she said.
“We have had really good feedback from both councils and industry partners on the proposed direction for the new RTO entity and everyone seems very excited about the future.”
Two Special General Meetings will be held soon to wind up the old associations as part of the process of forming the new Regional Tourism Organisation:
- Southern Downs Granite Belt Regional Tourism at 10:00am on Wednesday July 25 at the Southern Downs Regional Council Library in Warwick; and
- Toowoomba Golden West South Burnett Tourism at 2:30pm on Thursday, July 26 at the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba.
