Palaszczuk Wants Queenslanders to Spend $12 Billion Exploring the State

Queensland’s Wet Tropics Skyrail is one way to see wilderness areas but at a cost to wilderness quality. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has urged Queenslanders to spend around $12 billion exploring their state to support Queensland’s hurting tourism industry.

Queenslanders typically spend this amount on going to overseas destinations every year, and the premier is urging people to spend that money on domestic travel in their home state instead.