Tourism
The controversial plans for a stunning natural landscape two hours from Sydney
Will a glamping resort in the Gardens of Stone near Lithgow be a great new ecotourism drawcard or destroy the very thing the conservation reserve is meant to protect?
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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This new luxury beachside resort has a problem: How to stop the massive sharks attacking the guests
South Africa’s first Club Med wants to use nets, but experts say that would kill large numbers of sharks, as well as dolphins, rays, turtles and birds.
- Ben Farmer
- Exclusive
- Perth
Horizontal Falls tourism extended to 2028 as state tips $5 million into infrastructure
Tourists wanting to ride through the popular Horizontal Falls will have two more years’ grace before Indigenous stakeholders lead a transition to more diverse cultural activities.
- Victoria Laurie
- Opinion
- Sunday Life
Trying to get the perfect photo? You are ruining the world for the rest of us
Beware the “main character energy” people, they could be trying to pull you into their web.
- Wendy Squires
Webjet executives depart as legal battle and suitors loom
The departure of Webjet’s CEO comes at a bad time for the travel group as the lawsuit with former legal boss heats up and spurned suitors continue to buy shares.
- Colin Kruger
‘I have never even paid half of that before’: How diesel pain is hurting on Sydney Harbour
The number of petrol stations without diesel in NSW has jumped to 164 as the fallout from the war in the Middle East continues to be felt far and wide.
- Jessica McSweeney and Julie Power
The London hotel so fabulous, you could live in the loos
Built in the 1800s, this iconic hotel remains as stylish as ever, and a place to see London at its most vivacious.
- Penny Watson
- Updated
- City life
E-bike crackdown might have ‘serious unintended consequences’ for tourism
The state government has accepted all the recommendations of the e-mobility inquiry. That will make Queensland’s rules among the strictest for low-powered e-bikes in the world.
- Felicity Caldwell and Catherine Strohfeldt
‘We all whinge about the buses’: Tourist woes continue at Brighton bathing boxes
With more than a million visitors every year, parking around Brighton’s colourful boxes has become a major tension point among locals, visitors and tour companies.
- Gemma Grant
Major events help lift Brisbane’s tourism economy to record $17 billion
International holiday travel surged in 2025, with major events and strong domestic demand underpinning Brisbane’s best tourism result on record.
- Cameron Atfield