Three of the greater region’s tourism organisations are bringing back a collaborative stamp-collecting effort that proved a major boon for the tourism sector.
Tourism Whitsundays in partnership with Mackay Isaac Tourism and Bowen Tourism and Business are excited to announce the return of the Visitor Information Centre Passports Competition from Saturday, 1 October to entice travellers to visit and collect stamps at each destination.
The passport, which includes information about the regions and will encourage travellers to collect stamps from each of the three accredited Information Centres in Proserpine, Sarina and Bowen, sees those who complete them go into the draw to win $2,100 worth of holiday vouchers.
Tourism Whitsundays CEO, Rick Hamilton said visitors love the collaboration and the potential to win prizes just for visiting our Information Centres.
“The Visitor Information Centres are an invaluable part of each community, their local knowledge is what attracts visitors to stop in,” Mr Hamilton said.
“This campaign encourages more visitors to stop in and talk with our volunteers and staff about ways they can explore the area.”
Passports are available at all three of the accredited Visitor Information Centres and when a visitor stops in at each centre the friendly team will stamp their passports.
At the third information centre stop, visitors will collect their final stamp and pop their completed passport into a raffle box. The prize up for grabs is $2,100 worth of holiday vouchers that the winner can put towards their next visit to The Whitsundays and Mackay regions.
The competition will close at 6:00pm (AEST) on Thursday, March 31 of 2023, with the winner to be contacted after this date.
Bowen Tourism and Business Manager, Leanne Abernethy, is pleased to be working with Tourism Whitsundays and Mackay Isaac Tourism on the Visitor Information Passport project again this year.
For more information on the Visitor Information Passport, please click here.