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“There are no six or five-star hotels in Cairns or nearby,’’ he said in the report.
“There are very limited high-quality restaurants in Cairns, no regular shows or theatre productions in Cairns".
One can only reply by saying that Cairns is not a major city and people don't always want to come to go to shows or five or six star hotels, in fact is there any six star hotels in the world? people come to Cairns to see the reef, rainforest and to enjoy the relaxed atmosphere that Cairns offers.
To say that Cairns doesn't have the facilities for tourism is ludicrous, Cairns has a number of hotel and resorts that seem to satisfy the needs of the tourists that come here.
There are some that say that Cairns can be expensive but what is the cost going to be if Aquis does go ahead.
Also why hasn't the Chamber of Commerce spoken out about this claim by the consultant, I thought that they were there for the local business owners but it appears their not.
An interesting comment was that the present Chinese tourists enjoy going to the noodle bar at Woolworths so why pay big bucks to have a meal at Aquis?
As stated in an earlier report Aquis would have ALL the shops that is required to prevent tourists leaving the resort and spending money elsewhere unfortunately that's business tactics.
So for all the business people who think that they will get a windfall from Aquis it isn't going to happen.
In fact I doubt whether Aquis will go ahead and people really need to Google information and read what the Liquors Licencing Commissioner had said in the media.
What Mr Fung should seriously consider is upgrading the Reef Hotel Casino and forget all about Aquis and this would save him a heap of money.
As a long term resident of the U.S, you know what you're starting to look like? a bunch of bogans that cant keep up with the advancement of the rest of the world
ReplyDeleteDayna, it would appear that you don't know Cairns very well, we are very proud of our Regional City (not capital city) with a population of aprrox 160,000.
ReplyDeleteThere a number of reason why people are against this development and by googling the web one can find a lot of information which concerns a lot of people.
The Co-Ordinator General has some concerns about information that has been received and also information that hasn't been forthcoming.
This development doesn't compliment Yorkeys Knob and vice versa and will not attract the visitors that have been suggested for various reasons.
Will it the go ahead one is not sure but overall I don't think it will proceed especially if Mr Fung gets the go ahead for the Reef Hotel Casino he will upgrade that casino and if successful with his bid for the Pullman International Hotel he will utilise that as part of the Reef Casino and build a walkway between the two buildings.
Also why does Cairns need three casinos? it doesn't have the population.
We wait and see.
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