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In Australia’s outback, youth crime stymies efforts to get tourism on track

Tourism operators in the remote Northern Territory say focus on youth crime is scaring away visitors.

Al Jazeera · Nov 12, 2024

Tourism operators flee Alice Springs amid claims fewer tourists flying into region than at height of pandemic

Tour operators in the outback destination say their industry is under "sustained attack" on multiple fronts with soaring airfares, cost of living pressure and negative crime coverage a major concern.

ABC News · Apr 19, 2023

ATG Downunder pulls tour and coach business out of Alice Springs

The company, which offers a range of travel services to destinations including Uluru, Kings Canyon and the MacDonnell Ranges, will relocate its assets to Darwin.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2023

Labor MP says detail needed on plan to reduce crime by removing unsupervised children from families in Alice Springs

Federal Labor politician Marion Scrymgour says she wants more detail around what the Northern Territory government is calling an "intervention" to get children deemed at-risk off the streets of Alice Springs at night.

ABC News · Nov 9, 2022

Federal budget confirms funding to seal the Outback Way — Australia's longest shortcut

It started as a pipedream 25 years ago, but now one of the nation's most iconic stretches of desert road — described as "Australia's longest shortcut" — may finally be sealed.

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

Federal budget confirms funding to seal the Outback Way - Australia's longest shortcut

It started as a pipedream 25 years ago, but now one of Australia's most iconic stretches of desert road may finally be sealed.

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

UK artist Bruce Munro to illuminate Kings Canyon resort with Light Towers installation

Central Australia will soon be home to two light installations created by UK sculptor and artist Bruce Munro, with his second project expected to open in April 2023.

ABC News · Oct 10, 2022

Alice Springs crime 'crisis' scaring off visitors, tourism body calls for NT government action

The NT government is being called to urgently address law and order in the red centre, as a central Australian tourism body says rising crime is deterring visitors.

ABC News · Sep 22, 2022

Hospitality businesses in the NT hope federal Jobs and Skills Summit can address local worker shortages

After years of worker shortages and pandemic disruption, the hospitality and tourism industry in northern Australia is crying out for more staff. But operators say localised solutions are needed from next week's federal jobs summit.

ABC News · Aug 25, 2022

Skyrocketing Qantas airfares, axed routes and slashed seats worrying for outback town

Tourism Central Australia is holding Qantas to account for its high cost of flights to and from Alice Springs, which could spell disaster for the livability of the tourism hub.

ABC News · Jul 28, 2022