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SA Tourism Commission names interim CEO
A long-serving senior official at the SA Tourism Commission will lead the agency for the next six months while the government conducts a global search for a new chief executive officer.
A long-serving senior official at the SA Tourism Commission will lead the agency for the next six months while the government conducts a global search for a new chief executive officer.
The Adelaide City Council wants to build a $4 million federal government-funded visitor centre featuring virtual reality exhibits, interactive maps and art displays inside the State Library in a bid lure more tourists to the city.
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Surplus Adelaide 500 stubby holders have been given to an archery club for target practice, as the State Government prepares to auction infrastructure from the scrapped V8 Supercars race next week.
Arts leaders have called on the State Government to launch a major tourism campaign and another round of taxpayer-subsidised vouchers for arts and cultural events, in a bid to lure more interstate tourists to South Australia.
Health authorities were not consulted about the Marshall Government’s decision to scrap the Adelaide 500 – despite the move being blamed in part on the COVID-19 pandemic – with the Premier now warning all large-scale public events are “under a cloud”.
South Australia is poised to capitalise on a proposed “travel bubble” with New Zealand, the tourism industry insists, as the state today launched a new campaign aimed at encouraging locals to flock to SA’s regions.