Shows Australia: Cesar Milan LIVE - The Dog Whisperer Australia Tour

Internationally renowned dog behaviour expert and star of The Bio Channel’s Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan returns to Australia with a brand new seminar.

Cesar will share his secrets on how to transform dogs and their owners in this unique and new live event that has wowed sell-out audiences across the UK, Canada and Europe. Fans and dog lovers alike will be inspired by the simplicity of Cesar’s Way as he reveals that the secret to happier, healthier relationships between humans and their canine companions starts with transforming ourselves.

Shows Australia: Cesar Milan LIVE - The Dog Whisperer Australia Tour

No Leave No Life Australia

ourism Minister Martin Ferguson, speaking at the launch in Sydney, said that these were “testing times” and cited the strong dollar, greater competition from overseas and natural disasters as industry challenges that were seeing people holiday elsewhere.

But he referred to this week's National Visitor Survey, which revealed an increase in domestic numbers, as a positive sign and stressed there was potential to improve further.

No Leave No Life Australia

Shows Australia: Alice Cooper in Concert - Australia First!

Chugg Entertainment is thrilled to put all suspicions at bay, allay all fears, and quash all rumours, as today we confirm that come September, not only will the master of macabre, Alice Cooper, be here for his headline theatre performances in Sydney and Melbourne, but he will also be adding shows in Brisbane, Perth and a second night in Melbourne.

Shows Australia: Alice Cooper in Concert - Australia First!

Shows Australia: TIM MCGRAW AND FAITH HILL AUSTRALIAN TOUR - MARCH 2012

Country music's reigning king and queen, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will tour Australia for the first time together next March, promoters Rob Potts Entertainment Edge and Chugg Entertainment announced today.

The Tim McGraw & Faith Hill / Australia 2012 tour will be the first time the country music superstars have toured together outside of North America, will be Hill’s first time touring Australia and will include them performing separately and together.

Shows Australia: TIM MCGRAW AND FAITH HILL AUSTRALIAN TOUR - MARCH 2012

Obama on the Way to Australia

All travel eyes will be on Australia later this year as US President Barack Obama plans a visit down under.

Arriving on 16 November for a two day stay, the White House announced this week that the trip would be make to mark the 60 year anniversary of the Australian and US alliance, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

While details of the President’s itinerary will be revealed closer to his arrival, the visit could offer some much needed relief to Australian tourism operators as the strong Aussie dollar continues to play a hand at deterring tourism.

Australia saw a 0.5 percent drop in tourism from its strongest market New Zealand in July this year compared to the same month last year as well as a 7.2 percent fall from US holiday-makers, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

However, the power of the public figure on travel was made evident earlier this year after his visit to Ireland.

A short visit in May this year saw Ireland’s visitor arrivals increase by up to 15 percent between April and June compared to the corresponding period last year, Joe News reported.

Tourism Ireland chief executive Niall Gibbons said the rise was a result of recent visits from a number of big names.

“The month of May of this year was particularly positive for tourism, with the two historic visits of Queen Elizabeth II and President Obama and the Uefa Europa League final in Dublin,” Mr Gibbons said.

(Source: etravelblackboard.com)

Queensland Tourism News: Queensland Secures Right to Host World's Young Cricket Stars

Queensland will host the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 for the first time ever in an event which will see the best young cricket talent in the world playing in Brisbane, on the Sunshine Coast and in Townsville next year, Premier Anna Bligh announced today.

Securing the event, through a partnership with Events Queensland, Cricket Australia and Queensland Cricket, represents a major milestone for cricket in Queensland - and it's only the second time in the event's 24-year history it's been held in Australia.

Queensland Tourism News: Queensland Secures Right to Host World's Young Cricket Stars

Queensland Tourism News: Chinese vote Queensland Number One Green Tourism Destination

Queensland has been voted the ‘Green Tourism Destination of the Year’ by more than 4.2 million readers of China’s Travel Weekly tourism trade publication, said Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Jan Jarratt today.

The announcement was made at the 2011 China Travel & Meetings Industry Awards in Beijing overnight. Ms Jarratt said the award was a massive coup for Queensland.

Queensland Tourism News: Chinese vote Queensland Number One Green Tourism Destination