GREAT BARRIER REEF Top Stories

Australia's new underwater hotel to revolutionize Great Barrier Reef tourism2019-06-25
Xinhua: SYDNEY, June 25 (Xinhua) -- An upcoming eco-tourism experience on Australia'sGreat Barrier Reef will allow visitors to sleep up to three meters beneath the ocean surface in a sustainable floating hotel. Plans for the three-level, multi-use pontoon to be...
Hotel under the sea for Lady Musgrave Island2019-06-25
Public Technologies: TourismIndustryDevelopment MinisterKate Jones said the multi-level pontoon was expected to draw an extra 16,000 visitors to the region every year and drive more than $1.8 million in visitor expenditure. 'This pontoon is a game-changer for Lady Musgrave and...
U.S. News Reveals the 2019-20 Best Vacations in the World2019-06-25
PR Newswire: WASHINGTON, June 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News & World Report, publisher of Best Hotels, Best Cruise Lines and Best Travel Rewards Programs, today released its annual rankings of the Best Vacation Destinations. The new rankings highlight the World's...
Wild weather and poor prices means tricky start to Queensland’s sugarcane crushing season – ABC Rural – ABC News2019-06-25
Public Technologies: A summer of flooding in some regions and drought in others, along with a sustained low global sugar price has tempered industry expectations as the 2019 sugarcane crush begins in Queensland. Tableland Mill, near Mareeba west of Cairns, was the first to begin...
How to Get Overtourism - Bestselling Bucket List Author Speaks About Too Much of a ...2019-06-24
Canada Newswire: VANCOUVER, /CNW Telbec/ - Every week there's a new report from the frontlines of tourism's latest crisis: the mayor of Venice urges UNESCO to blacklist the fabled city on the HeritageList; too many visitors shutter Thailand's beautiful Maya Bay; climbers...
Safeguarding Australia's Great Barrier Reef takes a cultural shift2019-06-24
PhysOrg: It is sometimes the relatively simple ideas that work best. A novel low-cost device, that can rapidly secure coral fragments to the reef, has been so successful at helping propagate coral on high value sections of Australia'sGreat Barrier Reef that the...
Moment man picks up a massive jellyfish2019-06-24
AOL: This video shows the moment a brave bystander rescued a massive stranded jellyfish - by picking it up with his bare hands. Kind-hearted Belal Almassri, 34, was on his way home following a business meeting when he spotted the huge creature stuck against rocks...
Hotel where tourists will sleep with the fishes2019-06-24
The Daily Telegraph Australia: A new underwater hotel is being planned for the Great Barrier Reef. ......
McFarling: Science fiction prescriptions for dying coral reefs2019-06-23
The Press Democrat: The Great Barrier Reef is bleached and dying. Because oceans are heating so quickly, nearly all of the world’s corals are projected to be dead ......
Opinion: Science fiction prescriptions for dying coral reefs2019-06-22
Burlington County Times: The Great Barrier Reef is bleached and dying. Because oceans are heating so quickly, nearly all of the world's corals are projected to be dead by 2050.Now, however, a handful of entrepreneurial scientists, many of whom have spent their careers studying the...
Time to kill, money to burn! 245 days. Six continents. 53 countries. That's what you'll ...2019-06-22
The Daily Mail: The Owner’s Suite on the Viking Sun is three times bigger than the average new house in the UK. It includes a living room, adorned with original artwork, a veranda, an ocean-view dry sauna, a 12-person boardroom, dining room, kitchen, extensive wine collection...
COLUMNIST: A great barrier to the reef2019-06-22
Arkansas Online: The Great Barrier Reef is bleached and dying. Because oceans are heating so quickly, nearly all of the world's corals are projected to be dead by 2050. Now, however, a handful of entrepreneurial scientists, many of whom have spent their careers studying the...