Ministers Emit Mixed Messages For Tourism

Ministers Emit Mixed Messages For Tourism

5 April 2010

The Carbon Sense Coalition today accused Australian governments of wasting tax payers’ money in trying to expand tourism while reducing travel.

The Chairman of “Carbon Sense”, Mr Viv Forbes, said that governments need to make up their mind – either they want tourists to travel, or they want to reduce man’s production of carbon dioxide.

“They cannot have both.

“One moment we hear the Minister for Boosting Tourism boasting about the great new ads enticing people to travel for the fun of it; or promoting yet more games, expos and car races.

“Next moment we hear the Minister for Reducing Tourism telling how we will burn in global warming hell if we do not cut our production of carbon dioxide.

“Has anyone told them that a major source of man-made carbon dioxide is the internal combustion engine that powers cars, trucks, boats, motorbikes, trains and planes that are the lifeblood of the Tourist Industry?

“Are we expecting Asian tourists to arrive by sailing clipper? Will the grey nomads take to the roads on tandem bikes? Will bikie gangs start riding Clydesdales with studded leather breast-plates? And are Europeans going to drift over in hot air balloons?

“Government tourism policies are schizophrenic. Both of the dizzy departments sending mixed messages to the travel industry should be abolished.

“That should reduce the emission of hot air over Canberra.”

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