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KANGAROO ISLAND OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Australians planning to visit Kangaroo Island for their Christmas holidays are being urged to support the island’s community by keeping their bookings.
Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith has echoed calls from community leaders for people to keep their future holiday plans on Kangaroo Island, despite bushfires that have burnt on part of the island.
“Kangaroo Island is Australia’s third largest island and the area affected by bushfires represents less than a quarter of the island’s total size,” Minister Lomax-Smith says.
“There is absolutely no reason to cancel your Kangaroo Island holiday bookings.
“Obviously this is a very hard time for the people of Kangaroo Island, but this is a community that relies on tourism dollars to survive, and the best way that South Australians can show their support is to keep their reservations for summer holidays on KI.
“Kangaroo Island has already suffered and it is important it does not suffer economic hardship from people cancelling holiday plans under the mistaken belief that tourism has been affected.
“Tourism played a big part in the recovery of Eyre Peninsula communities following the bushfires two years ago, and it can certainly have the same impact on Kangaroo Island.
“None of the major towns or tourist attractions on the island have been affected by these bushfires, and there are, in fact, visitors enjoying holidays in KI’s lovely east and north east regions right now, where it is very much ‘business as usual’ for the tourism industry.”
For more information please call Julia Angove on 08 8463 4610.
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