Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) has announced that more people are to be allowed in camping areas in the State’s national parks.
Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Leeanne Enoch said the limit on the number of people who can stay in QPWS camping areas had been increased, boosting local tourism as part of the Unite and Recover for Queensland Jobs strategy.
“Queensland is managing the health response to COVID-19, which means we’ve started delivering Queensland’s plan for economic recovery,” Ms Enoch said.
“Part of our plan to manage the worldwide economic impacts of the global Coronavirus pandemic is to support traditional industries like tourism.”
She said more than $430,000 had been provided over the past two years to upgrade the facilities at the Coochin Creek campground in the Beerburrum and Beerwah State Forests.
“This includes a new four-cubicle toilet facility, water treatment system, solar power supply, improved water storage and roadwork upgrades within the camping area and access roads,” Ms Enoch said.
She said that since campground bookings reopened in early June, thousands of Queenslanders had already camped in Queensland’s national parks and State forests.
Now the border was open to travellers from most other States, apart from Victoria.
“More than 30,600 camping bookings and more than 16,700 vehicle access permits have been issued since bookings reopened,” the Minister said.
