Ben Southall was the winner of the hugely popular Best Job in the World!
Tourism Queensland have every reason to celebrate today, after being named as ‘Best National Tourist Office’ for the third year running!
The awards are given out by the Australia Federation of Travel Agents and the National Travel Industry Awards. They ask travel agents and industry suppliers to nominate tourist offices based on who gives the best service. And because Tourism Queensland have scored the hat-trick they get the extra acclaim of being on the NTIA hall of fame.
Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor praised the tourist office: “To be named the leading state tourism organisation for the third year running and being inducted into the hall of fame is a fantastic achievement and Tourism Queensland couldn’t be happier.”
“More than 3000 votes were cast and this acknowledgment from industry peers is one of the greatest honours Tourism Queensland can receive.”
Well they will certainly be popping the champagne corks after their victory! Tourism Queensland deal with more than 17 million international and domestic tourists each year. On average more than $15.6 billion is spent by tourists in Queensland alone. All thanks to the efforts of the dedicated staff who work tirelessly to promote Queensland both domestically and internationally.
Tourism Queensland had a hugely successful year in 2009 with the launch of the Best Job in the World – won by Brit Ben Southall. It was so successful that it spawned many more copycat competitions around the world, all hoping to emulate the success of Queensland, but there can be only one original!
The campaign attracted more than 8.6 million viewers of the website and over 34,000 applications for the role of caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef on a salary of $150,000 for a six month position. Ben Southall has been so successful that he has secured a job working for Tourism Queensland and may even live in Australia permanently – well who wouldn’t fall in love with Australia?
The Best Job in the World campaign recently won the coveted 2010 Golden World Award for excellence in public relations, and very well deserved it was too!
So many congratulations Tourism Queensland from all at Embrace Australia!
Other related articles:
- Tourism Not Working For Australia - International tourism boss criticises Australian tourism and travel industry....
- Tourism Australia Under Fire For Kangaroo Stunt - The real story behind the kangaroo stunt in LA by...
- Australians Vote For Their Favourite Holiday Experience - Australia travel tourism campaign votes on competition winner....
- Helper for Australia’s Best Job in the World Goes Missing - Tourism Queesnland have failed to contact the winner of the...
Love Australia? Let us keep you informed...
- Join the Embrace Australia community today. Have your questions answered by our experts, start your own blog, get vital migration information and gain valuable insight from those who have already made the journey.
- Subscribe to our RSS Feed and have all our daily news and features delivered straight to your news reader.
- Join our mailing list -
