Port Stephens to sell itself to backpackers, conferences
PORT Stephens will look to reinvent its tourism industry by marketing the region to backpackers, ethnic communities, Asian day trippers and the conference market.
A draft tourism strategy for the region to be unveiled next week contains a suggestion to have the beach strip from Anna Bay to One Mile declared a surfing reserve.
Other suggestions include establishing an adventure playground at Lemon Tree Passage and developing the Murrook Centre at Williamtown as a major tourist attraction.
The draft strategy says Port Stephens is considered oversupplied with accommodation for 11 months of the year, and that the highly seasonal market needs an overhaul.
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