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Operators along the Southern Great Barrier Reef are diving into the mysterious waters of cryptocurrency, breathing fresh air into the way in which Australian tourism businesses and regions operate.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EEther-who?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone size-standard-landscape wp-image-49409\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/littlegreybox-691x461.jpg\" alt=\"Agnes Waters | cryptocurrency\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" /\u003ETravelbyBit, a Queensland-based Australian company, has penned deals around the nation to enable cryptocurrency point-of-sale systems that accept Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dash, Ether and XEM. Cryptocurrency is most widely explained as “electronic peer-to-peer currencies” which don’t physically exist. The Queensland Government has jumped on board, injecting a reported $100,000 to enable cryptocurrency payment terminals around the state. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EAnd \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/great-barrier-reef/accessing-the-reef/southern-great-barrier-reef\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESouthern Great Barrier Reef\u003C/a\u003E operators are embracing this cryptic currency with gusto. Shrugging off its sleepy seaside reputation, \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/destination-information/seventeen-seventy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESeventeen Seventy\u003C/a\u003E/\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/destination-information/agnes-water\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EAgnes Water\u003C/a\u003E in the Gladstone region has become Australia’s first digital destination with a number of businesses already operating in this new realm.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003ECrypto Coffee\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_397981\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"\u003E\u003Cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397981\" class=\"size-standard-landscape wp-image-397981\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cafe-discovery-691x461.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe Discovery | cryptocurrency\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" /\u003E\u003Cp id=\"caption-attachment-397981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003EPhoto by \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/cafediscoveryatagnes/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ECafe Discovery at Agnes\u003C/a\u003E via FB\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ELeisa Trickett, owner of Café Discovery at \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/destination-information/agnes-water\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EAgnes Water\u003C/a\u003E, enables tourists to use cryptocurrency to buy the likes of coffees and meals from her café menu, on which she is even considering featuring a “crypto coffee”.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“When it was first floated, my reaction was that it was never going to happen in Agnes Water. Now everyone is on board with it and it’s been really cool,” Trickett says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“It is as easy to use as Visa but it is better for a business as there are no fees included. It’s just an App on your point-of-sale and the tourist uses their QR code and the payment just goes straight through.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“It hasn’t only put us on the map in Australia, but it’s put us on the world map. Why Agnes Water? Why not. We’ve only got 1800 people so you have a microcosm of the tourist industry and it is a very do-able thing.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ECyber-savvy Tourism\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-20871 size-standard-landscape\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1770-larc-tours-691x461.jpg\" alt=\"1770 LARC Tours\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1770-larc-tours.jpg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1770-larc-tours-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1770-larc-tours-335x223.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/tour/1770-larc-tours\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003E1770 LARC! Tours\u003C/a\u003E Marketing Manager Amber Rodgers says while they have made less than 50 cryptocurrency transactions since its June inception, she believes at least half of those tourists would not have chosen the destination had they not offered the digital form of payment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EIt’s an interesting twist which suggests cyber-savvy tourists may choose Queensland destinations not so much on merit, but on where they can spend their cryptocurrency.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“We have the Great Barrier Reef on our doorstep but we don’t have the exposure of \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/tropical-north-queensland/places-to-visit/cairns-and-northern-beaches\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ECairns\u003C/a\u003E in the international marketplace,” Rodgers says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“We are trying to be a business that is at the forefront of the industry and at 1770 LARC! Tours it is possible to pay digital currency in advance or on the day. It is a quicker process than traditional EFTPOS transactions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“We definitely thought implementing it might give us a slight edge. I don’t think we are going to have the sole point of difference forever.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003ERiding the Digital Currency Waves\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EGladstone Area Development and Promotion Limited CEO Darryl Branthwaite says they are talking to \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/information/gladstone-airport\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EGladstone Airport\u003C/a\u003E in a bid to encourage them to adopt the new currency as well. \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/information/brisbane-airport-international-and-domestic-terminal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EBrisbane Airport\u003C/a\u003E became the first airport in the world to accept cryptocurrency in May with more than 30 retail and dining outlets at both domestic and international terminals now accepting cryptocurrency.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“It’s ground-breaking stuff. We want to give it a good crack,” he says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“Captain Cook (the Town of 1770 is named after Cook’s landing here in 1770) opened up the East Coast. What we are doing is opening the East Coast up as an avenue for cryptocurrency across the world.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EBenefits for tourists visiting Queensland destinations and tourism operations which embrace cryptocurrency are currently being touted as: \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ELess chance of money loss or theft\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ENo exchange rates or ATM fees\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EEase of booking\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EPre-paying for everything\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ELower risk of credit card fraud\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EYour smartphone acts as your wallet\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ENo left-over foreign currency at the end of your trip\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003ECapri-Coin\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone size-standard-landscape wp-image-397982\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/great-keppel-island-691x461.jpeg\" alt=\"Great Keppel Island | cryptocurrency\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/great-keppel-island-691x461.jpeg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/great-keppel-island-1048x699.jpeg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003EFurther north along the Southern Great Barrier Reef, on the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/destination-information/capricorn-coast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ECapricorn Coast\u003C/a\u003E, an investment partnership between Blockchain and Tower Holdings is currently bidding for the rights to redevelop the resort on \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/destination-information/great-keppel-island\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EGreat Keppel Island\u003C/a\u003E. If successful, they will not only use cryptocurrency to raise the initial $200 million needed to kick-start the billion-dollar development, but once completed, tourists who visit the island will also be able to use this alternative currency for payment. Investors would be able to buy tokens in the property with Tower Holdings retaining a 12 per cent share. The entire concept would be a world-first in tourism.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ECapricorn Enterprise CEO Mary Carroll says there are a number of interested parties – including crypto and traditional investors – in the development of Great Keppel Island Resort, which would include a 250-room hotel, 250-berth marina, retail precinct, 750 eco villas, and a realigned airstrip.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“It is very challenging to raise significant capital for a Great Barrier Reef Island resort. Because of the costs associated with developing something so significant, banks in this country won’t loan that sort of money for tourism resorts,” she says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“The concept of using cryptocurrency, while it is left field and out-of-the-box, is very real. At least $1 billion has gone into the development of Blockchain technology over the past few years. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“The key point that everyone needs to understand is that the value of anything is what people are prepared to pay. Real cash changes hands to purchase cryptocurrency. It is no different to buying shares or property or things on Ebay.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EWhile the traditional tourist demographic for the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/great-barrier-reef/accessing-the-reef/southern-great-barrier-reef\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESouthern Great Barrier Reef\u003C/a\u003E is likely to be late adopters of new technology, Carroll stresses that when talking about Great Keppel Island, there are currently other resorts – such as \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/accommodation/great-keppel-island-holiday-village\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EGreat Keppel Island Holiday Village\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/accommodation/great-keppel-island-hideaway\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EGreat Keppel Island Hideaway\u003C/a\u003E – on the island offering a total of 300 beds and who have survived and thrived, long after the original Great Keppel Island Resort ceased to exist 10 years ago. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“If the cryptocurrency deal eventuates, we still have existing operators on the island that cater for our existing markets,” she says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“The fear of the unknown is one thing, but who would have thought a few years ago you could have booked an Uber on your phone? This digital disruption happens so quickly. It raises all sorts of fascinating questions and it is forcing us not to ignore it.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EAn announcement on the successful redevelopment bidder of Great Keppel Island Resort is expected to be made before Christmas.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003ECryptocurrency Island\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-398027 size-standard-landscape\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ladymusgraveexperience-691x461.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ladymusgraveexperience-691x461.jpeg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ladymusgraveexperience-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ladymusgraveexperience-768x511.jpeg 768w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ladymusgraveexperience-335x223.jpeg 335w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ladymusgraveexperience-1050x699.jpeg 1050w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ladymusgraveexperience-1048x699.jpeg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EFurther south, in \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/bundaberg-north-burnett/things-to-see-and-do/southern-great-barrier-reef\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EBundaberg\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/tour/bundaberg-to-lady-musgrave-island-day-cruise\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ELady Musgrave Experience\u003C/a\u003E owner Brett Lakey is one of the first tourism operators in the region who is considering implementing cryptocurrency.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“Based on the emerging interest and demand for it, it has to become a widely-accepted tool for payment,” Lakey says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“With all the rising costs of running a tourism business, such as fuel, anything that limits costs but still attracts an international demographic has to be a plus.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EBack in Capricorn, Carroll says the only risk lays in digital sharks online who are masquerading as cryptocurrency traders, and warns tourists to ensure they are purchasing the real deal.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EOne thing is certain: The Southern Great Barrier Reef is now on the digital currency stage. And forget digital sharks, it’s the reef sharks and other marine wildlife found on the world’s largest living reef, that tourists will flock to see.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIs cryptocurrency burning a hole in your digital wallet? Use these handy itineraries to start exploring the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blog.queensland.com/2017/11/03/48-hours-in-gladstone/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EGladstone\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blog.queensland.com/2016/01/21/48-hours-road-trip-bundaberg/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EBundaberg\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blog.queensland.com/2017/11/10/capricorn-beef-to-reef-itinerary/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ECapricorn\u003C/a\u003E regions.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EHave you used cryptocurrency to pay for travel? Or are you still totally confused? Tell us in the comments below.\u003C/h2\u003E\n","title":"Content",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false},"date":{"dataType":"calendar","value":1537128023000,"title":"Date",":type":"calendar","multiValue":false},"date_modified":{"dataType":"calendar","value":1580941500000,"title":"Date Modified",":type":"calendar","multiValue":false},"excerpt":{"dataType":"string","value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Southern Great Barrier Reef is spearheading cryptocurrency tourism. \u003C/p\u003E\n","title":"Excerpt",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false},"slug":{"dataType":"string","value":"cryptocurrency-travel-queensland","title":"Slug",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false},"featured_image":{"dataType":"string","value":"/content/dam/teq/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sgbr_2016_yeppoon-1_katie-purling_joint-copyright-1.jpg","title":"Featured Image",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false},"post_thumbnail":{"dataType":"string","value":"/content/dam/teq/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sgbr_2016_yeppoon-1_katie-purling_joint-copyright-1.jpg","title":"Post Thumbnail",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false}},"elementsOrder":["global_id","status","URL","author_first_name","author_last_name","author_name","author_URL","author_avatar_URL","author_profile_URL","title","content","date","date_modified","excerpt","slug","featured_image","post_thumbnail"],"model":"teq/models/blog"},"editorial_hero_banne":{"title":"Beautiful one day, Bitcoin the next: You can now travel by cryptocurrency in Queensland","layoutVariation":"standardWidth","tag":{"colour":"#ffc54d","text":"Feature"},"breadcrumbItems":[{"active":false,"title":"Home","url":"/content/teq/sg/en/home.html"},{"active":false,"title":"Plan Your Holiday","url":"/content/teq/sg/en/plan-your-holiday.html"},{"active":false,"title":"News and Articles","url":"/content/teq/sg/en/plan-your-holiday/news-and-articles.html"},{"active":true,"title":"Cryptocurrency travel Queensland","url":"/content/teq/sg/en/plan-your-holiday/news-and-articles/cryptocurrency-travel-queensland.html"}],"gallery":{"mediaCollection":[{"mediaType":"image","mediaProps":{"fileFormat":"","sku":"","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/capricorn/blog-images/editorial-hero-banner/2016_CAP_Yeppoon_NaturalLandscapes_katiepurling.jpg","alt":"Yeppoon, Capricorn | Cryptocurrency travel in Queensland","title":null,"link":null,"mobileSrc":"","attribution":null,"quality":60},"mediaPropsSlide":null}]},":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorial-hero-banner"},"editorialauthor":{"name":"Christine\t Retschlag","resourcePath":"/content/teq/sg/en/plan-your-holiday/news-and-articles/cryptocurrency-travel-queensland/jcr:content/root/responsivegrid/editorialauthor","publishedDateISO":"2021-08-18T23:39:10.301Z",":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorialauthor","image":{"src":"/home/users/O/O_QFN97F03o9sV2CXk7z/profile.profile.image","alt":"Christine\t Retschlag"}},"editorial_description":{"text":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EIt’s the southern launch pad for the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/great-barrier-reef\"\u003EGreat Barrier Reef\u003C/a\u003E, now the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/gladstone-region/places-to-visit/gladstone-and-surrounds\"\u003EGladstone\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/capricorn-region/places-to-visit\"\u003ECapricorn\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/bundaberg-north-burnett/things-to-see-and-do\"\u003EBundaberg\u003C/a\u003E regions are taking the plunge and spearheading cryptocurrency tourism in Queensland and around the world. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EOne of the world’s most renowned tourism icons is dabbling in one of the planet’s least understood currencies. Operators along the Southern Great Barrier Reef are diving into the mysterious waters of cryptocurrency, breathing fresh air into the way in which Australian tourism businesses and regions operate.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EEther-who?\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n","readMoreHeight":0,"richText":true,":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorial-description"},"imageccb654d8-b082-402b-b0db-c08f283cdde5":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/gladstone/blog-images/2020_GLD_AgnesWaters_NaturalLandscapes.jpg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/gladstone/blog-images/2020_GLD_AgnesWaters_NaturalLandscapes.jpg","alt":"Agnes Waters | cryptocurrency","srcUriTemplate":"https://www.queensland.com/sg/en/plan-your-holiday/news-and-articles/cryptocurrency-travel-queensland/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/imageccb654d8-b082-402b-b0db-c08f283cdde5.coreimg{.width}.jpeg/1629329949582/2020-gld-agneswaters-naturallandscapes.jpeg","uuid":"1933a49d-e34d-4a82-b712-811a8b71e446","lazyEnabled":false,":type":"teq/components/image"},"text21503717-9d87-4905-b8ac-b15964dafb68":{"text":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EAnd \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/great-barrier-reef/accessing-the-reef/southern-great-barrier-reef\"\u003ESouthern Great Barrier Reef\u003C/a\u003E operators are embracing this cryptic currency with gusto. Shrugging off its sleepy seaside reputation, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.queensland.com/en-au/information/agnes-water-and-town-of-1770-visitor-information-centre\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESeventeen Seventy/Agnes Water\u003C/a\u003E in the Gladstone region has become Australia’s first digital destination with a number of businesses already operating in this new realm.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003ECrypto Coffee\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n","richText":true,":type":"teq/components/text"},"image9c33a934-7137-46a8-8175-e0f192a261ba":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/gladstone/blog-images/2020_GLD_CafeDiscoveryAgnesWaters_CafesAndRestaurants_cafediscoveryatagnesFB.jpg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/gladstone/blog-images/2020_GLD_CafeDiscoveryAgnesWaters_CafesAndRestaurants_cafediscoveryatagnesFB.jpg","alt":"Cafe Discovery | cryptocurrency","srcUriTemplate":"https://www.queensland.com/sg/en/plan-your-holiday/news-and-articles/cryptocurrency-travel-queensland/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/image9c33a934-7137-46a8-8175-e0f192a261ba.coreimg{.width}.jpeg/1629329949662/2020-gld-cafediscoveryagneswaters-cafesandrestaurants-cafediscoveryatagnesfb.jpeg","uuid":"eaa5ce5c-adac-47b3-8a5e-0ba7286cafea","lazyEnabled":false,"title":"Photo by \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/cafediscoveryatagnes/\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ECafe Discovery at Agnes\u003C/a\u003E via FB",":type":"teq/components/image"},"text49c0cbde-ac00-4455-b291-d488c4abca2a":{"text":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ELeisa Trickett, owner of Café Discovery at \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/destination-information/agnes-water\"\u003EAgnes Water\u003C/a\u003E, enables tourists to use cryptocurrency to buy the likes of coffees and meals from her café menu, on which she is even considering featuring a “crypto coffee”.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“When it was first floated, my reaction was that it was never going to happen in Agnes Water. Now everyone is on board with it and it’s been really cool,” Trickett says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“It is as easy to use as Visa but it is better for a business as there are no fees included. It’s just an App on your point-of-sale and the tourist uses their QR code and the payment just goes straight through.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“It hasn’t only put us on the map in Australia, but it’s put us on the world map. Why Agnes Water? Why not. We’ve only got 1800 people so you have a microcosm of the tourist industry and it is a very do-able thing.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003ECyber-savvy Tourism\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n","richText":true,":type":"teq/components/text"},"image4805bae3-649a-49ed-9a22-88bb139ea34b":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/gladstone/blog-images/2020_GLD_1770LarcTours_Transport.jpg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/gladstone/blog-images/2020_GLD_1770LarcTours_Transport.jpg","alt":"Larc Tours ","srcUriTemplate":"https://www.queensland.com/sg/en/plan-your-holiday/news-and-articles/cryptocurrency-travel-queensland/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/image4805bae3-649a-49ed-9a22-88bb139ea34b.coreimg{.width}.jpeg/1629329949757/2020-gld-1770larctours-transport.jpeg","uuid":"12c07223-4c12-419b-9c80-7451417ffef9","lazyEnabled":false,":type":"teq/components/image"},"textf960537c-4013-4a57-9cd3-6842f74e822e":{"text":"\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EIt’s an interesting twist which suggests cyber-savvy tourists may choose Queensland destinations not so much on merit, but on where they can spend their cryptocurrency.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“We have the Great Barrier Reef on our doorstep but we don’t have the exposure of \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/tropical-north-queensland/places-to-visit/cairns-and-northern-beaches\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ECairns\u003C/a\u003E in the international marketplace,” Rodgers says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“We are trying to be a business that is at the forefront of the industry and at 1770 LARC! Tours it is possible to pay digital currency in advance or on the day. It is a quicker process than traditional EFTPOS transactions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“We definitely thought implementing it might give us a slight edge. 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We want to give it a good crack,” he says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“Captain Cook (the Town of 1770 is named after Cook’s landing here in 1770) opened up the East Coast. What we are doing is opening the East Coast up as an avenue for cryptocurrency across the world.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EBenefits for tourists visiting Queensland destinations and tourism operations which embrace cryptocurrency are currently being touted as: \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ELess chance of money loss or theft\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ENo exchange rates or ATM fees\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EEase of booking\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EPre-paying for everything\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ELower risk of credit card fraud\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EYour smartphone acts as your wallet\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ENo left-over foreign currency at the end of your trip\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003ECapri-Coin\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E","richText":true,":type":"teq/components/text"},"image1d7f6881-4c76-48b1-b4d2-b0f7a75cc24f":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/capricorn/blog-images/2020_CAP_GreatKeppelIsland_Islands.jpeg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/capricorn/blog-images/2020_CAP_GreatKeppelIsland_Islands.jpeg","alt":"Great Keppel Island","srcUriTemplate":"https://www.queensland.com/sg/en/plan-your-holiday/news-and-articles/cryptocurrency-travel-queensland/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/image1d7f6881-4c76-48b1-b4d2-b0f7a75cc24f.coreimg{.width}.jpeg/1629329949825/2020-cap-greatkeppelisland-islands.jpeg","uuid":"39f231b6-2ae0-462e-ba06-babf91dad23d","lazyEnabled":false,":type":"teq/components/image"},"textf01d0ae2-7bc2-4457-8aeb-b2ace7559958":{"text":"\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ECapricorn Enterprise CEO Mary Carroll says there are a number of interested parties – including crypto and traditional investors – in the development of Great Keppel Island Resort, which would include a 250-room hotel, 250-berth marina, retail precinct, 750 eco villas, and a realigned airstrip.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“It is very challenging to raise significant capital for a Great Barrier Reef Island resort. Because of the costs associated with developing something so significant, banks in this country won’t loan that sort of money for tourism resorts,” she says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“The concept of using cryptocurrency, while it is left field and out-of-the-box, is very real. At least $1 billion has gone into the development of Blockchain technology over the past few years. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“The key point that everyone needs to understand is that the value of anything is what people are prepared to pay. Real cash changes hands to purchase cryptocurrency. It is no different to buying shares or property or things on Ebay.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EWhile the traditional tourist demographic for the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/great-barrier-reef/accessing-the-reef/southern-great-barrier-reef\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESouthern Great Barrier Reef\u003C/a\u003E is likely to be late adopters of new technology, Carroll stresses that when talking about Great Keppel Island, there are currently other resorts – such as \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/accommodation/great-keppel-island-holiday-village\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EGreat Keppel Island Holiday Village\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/accommodation/great-keppel-island-hideaway\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EGreat Keppel Island Hideaway\u003C/a\u003E – on the island offering a total of 300 beds and who have survived and thrived, long after the original Great Keppel Island Resort ceased to exist 10 years ago. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“If the cryptocurrency deal eventuates, we still have existing operators on the island that cater for our existing markets,” she says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“The fear of the unknown is one thing, but who would have thought a few years ago you could have booked an Uber on your phone? This digital disruption happens so quickly. It raises all sorts of fascinating questions and it is forcing us not to ignore it.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EAn announcement on the successful redevelopment bidder of Great Keppel Island Resort is expected to be made before Christmas.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003ECryptocurrency Island\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E","richText":true,":type":"teq/components/text"},"image2108a7cb-68c8-4fbc-bc7e-f8a063733f5c":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/bundaberg/blog-images/2020_BDB_ladymusgrave_Islands_ladymusgraveexperience.jpeg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/bundaberg/blog-images/2020_BDB_ladymusgrave_Islands_ladymusgraveexperience.jpeg","srcUriTemplate":"https://www.queensland.com/sg/en/plan-your-holiday/news-and-articles/cryptocurrency-travel-queensland/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/image2108a7cb-68c8-4fbc-bc7e-f8a063733f5c.coreimg{.width}.jpeg/1629329949939/2020-bdb-ladymusgrave-islands-ladymusgraveexperience.jpeg","uuid":"72af5c7f-b675-4841-9399-0d2605f6e903","lazyEnabled":false,":type":"teq/components/image"},"text71ca52aa-6759-4d95-9ab2-797d3eb1b890":{"text":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EFurther south, in \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/bundaberg-north-burnett/things-to-see-and-do/southern-great-barrier-reef\"\u003EBundaberg\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/tour/bundaberg-to-lady-musgrave-island-day-cruise\"\u003ELady Musgrave Experience\u003C/a\u003E owner Brett Lakey is one of the first tourism operators in the region who is considering implementing cryptocurrency.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“Based on the emerging interest and demand for it, it has to become a widely-accepted tool for payment,” Lakey says.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E“With all the rising costs of running a tourism business, such as fuel, anything that limits costs but still attracts an international demographic has to be a plus.”\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EBack in Capricorn, Carroll says the only risk lays in digital sharks online who are masquerading as cryptocurrency traders, and warns tourists to ensure they are purchasing the real deal.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EOne thing is certain: The Southern Great Barrier Reef is now on the digital currency stage. And forget digital sharks, it’s the reef sharks and other marine wildlife found on the world’s largest living reef, that tourists will flock to see.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIs cryptocurrency burning a hole in your digital wallet? 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