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Get Your Customers Excited For Whale Watching

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Impress your clients with a memorable Whale Watching experience in the Gold Coast, Australia. Your clients will enjoy a spectacular view of humpback whales weaving through the ocean tides. Your customer’s journey will begin with boarding the Spirit’s purpose-built catamaran and getting ready to view a once-in-a-lifetime whale watching experience. Just minutes from the seaway, your clients will be able to spot dolphins, sea turtles, and even the extremely rare While Whale, Migaloo.   Whale Watching cruise departs from Mariners Cove Mariana at 9:30 am and takes, passengers, on a 2-and a half-hour-long boat ride across all the well-known whale sighting locations. The passengers will be able to observe the wildlife from different angles, viewing from the top and bottom decks. They will also be accompanied by Spirit’s own marine biologist informing them about whale migrations and other interesting facts. Your clients will get as close as 100 meters from these magnificent creatures as they thrive in the luscious ocean waters. Gold Coat’s Spirit has onboard refreshments for its passengers as well as a fully licensed bar on deck, your clients will relax and enjoy the wonders of nature as they sail. Remind your clients to bring a warm jumper or coat as they will be allowed to move from top and bottom decks. Footwear is another significant element to remember to ensure your clients do not slip. Fully covered sneakers or deck are most appropriate. If your clients are visiting in summer, it is a good idea to bring a hat and sunscreen, Sprit crew will always have some sunscreen on board just in case your clients need extra or forget. Spirit also offers travel sickness pills for its passengers for $1. Turtle Down Under offers a great variety of travel packages to Queensland, Australia so you can offer your clients a wonderful experience like no other. Encourage your travellers to book their next vacation to Queensland so they don’t miss out on the spectacular whale watching experience. Source

An Exciting Journey To Queensland

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There are many exciting things happening in Queensland, offer your clients an unforgettable journey to QLD, Australia via Turtle Down Under. Singapore has confirmed Cairns becoming one of their global passenger networks from the 28th of March 2022 and will be operating 3 days a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. A wonderful opportunity for our Travel Agents to create itineraries to suit any traveler’s schedule. This new service will allow passengers to travel from India, Europe, North-East and South-East Asia to Cairns and Great Barrier Reef. Tourists have a pent-up urge to travel Down Under, especially to Queensland as it has been positioned as the Adventure Capital of Australia by the latest hit series, Survivor. Let your clients explore where the series was filmed and created a well-known reputation for its scenic visuals of Queensland. It has been a tough past two years, making the arrival of international travellers an emotional moment, to finally arrive at the most sorted after destination. Ensure you have all the information and details your client needs to do to travel safely in Queensland, visit the protocol factsheet which is updated on a regular basis to provide up-to-date information. For more information visit Queensland Travel Alerts The Great Barrier Reef Is Waiting For You Treat Your clients to an exotic visit to the Great Barrier Reef. The unforgettable coral and colorful fish will have a lasting impression. Your clients can book and enjoy a spectacular aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef from a helicopter ride, flying above the bright oceans paired with rustic Aussie land create the most mesmerizing visuals. Inform your clients of the natural wonder and the largest coral reef system, sprawling from Cape York in Queensland’s north all the way to Bundaberg in the south. Turtle Down Under’s travel packages allow our 10,000 travel agents to create packages to Queensland within seconds to create a journey never to forget. Source1 Source2

Beyond Skyway

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It Feels Like Flying Offer your clients the wonderous Beyond Skyway experience. Let your clients enjoy the bird’s eye view of New South Wales as they are harnessed in the cable car. As the Cable car stops in the middle of Jamison Valley, your clients will enjoy the view of the rainforest canopy from a height of 270 meters. Your clients will top off this beautiful experience by being able to climb up the ladder within the cable car through the hatch, as they can enjoy the view from the roof of the cabin. The rooftop view allows for a 360-degree view of the breathtaking experience accompanied by the completely serene Katoomba Falls, Jamison Valley. The vivid and bright scenery creates an explosion of colours across the horizon. Your clients will enjoy the chirps of Yellow-Tailed Black cockatoos flying underneath them as they enjoy their marvellous view. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be suspended 270 meters above the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains National Park as there is something to see in every direction. Once In A Lifetime Mesmerize your clients with a travel package to New South Wales (NSW) to enjoy an unforgettable Beyond Skyway experience that they can cherish for a lifetime. Your clients will be able to book out whole sessions to experience an even more intimate and special experience. To add the cherry on top of this already great activity, your clients will be given the option to select pre-made packages curated by Scenic World Beyond Skyway. These packages include photographs with a long lens from the surrounding lookouts, drove videos packages, and extra food and beverage options to create an unforgettable experience for your clients. Source: https://www.scenicworld.com.au/beyond-skyway#experience

We are resilient & strong

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The past 2 years have been a roller coaster for all of us, and rightfully so some businesses have resorted to shutting down. Unfortunately, people were stuck and, unable to leave their homes. It was truly a dull period for everyone. Though the past has been tough, we have persisted through the thick and thin and have made it to the other end of the tunnel. It has taken great determination and we are extremely proud of where we are and how far Turtle Down Under has come. It is almost ironic that Turtle Down Under gave us the strength to keep pushing during tough times as if the shell of a turtle was protecting us from everything that was happening around the world. As we believe, after every raincloud comes sunshine and we are joyed to be doing what we love. We have persevered and we are present! It has taken an immense amount of hard work and we have made it through an extremely rough patch. We’re excited for what lies ahead in the future, we will continue to grow and evolve. We are stronger than ever and will continue to be, just like the shell of a turtle. Contact our team at [email protected] to register with us.

The Perfect Toolkit

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The tourism industry has been at a standstill in the past few years but now is the time to get preparing! Since the reopening of borders, many individuals around the world can’t wait to travel. Since the reopening of borders in Australia, Tourism Australia has begun working closely with India in conjunction with Airlines companies like Qantas and Air India have already begin connecting the destinations to encourage more bookings to Australia from India As per Tourism Australia’s recent Consumer Demand Project research more than 82% of High Value Travellers from India plan to travel to Australia within the next few years, to encourage and maintain more travellers from India, The Australia Government announced a Visa Application Charge (VAC) a waiver for tourists whose visa to Australia has expired or will expire between March 20th, 2020 & June 30th, 2022. India used to be Australia’s fastest growing tourism market for over 3 years, in 2019, Australia received almost 4000,000 visitors from India therefore Australia was ranked as the 6th most valuable market within the tourism sector which contributed over AUD 1.8 billion. Country Manager for India and Tourism Australia stated, “Our research has consistently shown that there is a huge pent up demand for travel to Australia amongst Indian Traveller.” Confirming the promising growth of arrivals to Australia. Before you encourage your clients to book their flights to India, there are current protocols for international travellers to follow before entering Australia: Before departing India, travellers need to provide a: Valid and current visa COVID-19 vaccination certificate with 2 doses (Covishield & Covaxin are recognized by Australia’s Therapeutic Good Administration TGA) Negative rapid antigen test (RAT) under medical supervision which needs to be done 24 hours prior to boarding a plane. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests need to be taken 72 hours before departure. Digital copy of Passenger Declaration is mandatory to be submitted 72 hours before departure. Upon arrival in Australia: All travellers need to perform a self-monitored Rapid Antigen Test within 24 hours of arrival into Australia. RAT results need to be reported the respective state authority if test has resulted positive. Tourists travelling to South Australia will need to undertake a PCR within 24 hours of arriving at SA. Tourists who arrive in Western Australia will need to undertake a RAT within 12 of arrival. Travellers need to comply with the requirements and obligations of the state or territory they arrive in, and any other state or territory they plan to travel to. Source

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