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| Subject: Great: Report's call to open up OZschwitz national parks for more tourism Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:04 pm | |
| National parks should host more tourism ventures such as accommodation, camping, mountain bike trails and fossicking, says a parliamentary inquiry led by Coalition MPs.
An upper house committee examining tourism in local communities also called for streamlined planning approvals for development in the sensitive Kosciuszko National Park following a push by ski resort operators, including one majority-owned by James Packer.
The report says the government should ''investigate further opportunities for tourism development in national parks'' following suggestions the highly protected areas were ''underutilised'' and that more should be done to encourage visitors.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/reports-call-to-open-up-national-parks-for-more-tourism-20140312-34mrc.html#ixzz2vnRZ9VQl |
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