{"id":19297,"date":"2012-12-13T16:54:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T06:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=19297"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:38:18","slug":"scam-targets-tourist-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/12\/13\/scam-targets-tourist-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam Targets Tourist Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 13, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Southern Queensland Country Tourism is warning tourist operators to beware of a scam that is targeting local businesses.<\/p>\n

A spokesman said some operators have contacted the regional tourism organisation recently regarding invoices received for \u201cAnnual Website Listing on Tourism Queensland for 12-month subscription\u201d.<\/p>\n

“Please be aware Tourism Queensland or the new Tourism and Events Queensland or Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) are not currently invoicing operators for website listings,” the spokesman said.<\/p>\n

“We would strongly advise against paying any requested fees from companies you are unfamiliar with.<\/p>\n

“If you have any questions and would like to discuss this with Tourism and Events Queensland, please contact 1800-629-749.<\/p>\n

“The ATDW renewal campaign will run from March 2013.<\/p>\n

“Concerned operators can also contact the Department of Fair Trading.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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