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Tropic
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Direct flights from
China

Cairns Airport finished 2017 flying high in
the international stakes, with China
Southern and Hainan Airlines both
touching down for direct flights between
Cairns and mainland China. Combined, 9 11
these two services will bring an additional
48,000 passengers to the region this year.
Cairns Performing Arts Cairns chosen as
nation’s real estate
Centre to open
investment hot spot

Mayor Bob Manning wants Cairns to be
the regional arts capital of Australia, and Recommendations don’t come much
this year one of the long-awaited bigger than this. During a nationally
elements of that vision comes to life with broadcast Sky News interview, one of
the opening of the city’s Performing Arts Australia’s leading real estate analysts
Centre. named Cairns as the place to invest in
2018. While the local market has been
relatively flat for several years now, most
stakeholders believe this year will be a
8 turning point due to job creation,
population growth and new investment

Speculation about more in major projects.
international flights

Can we expect more international
connections to be announced in 2018 as
the tourism industry and projects like
Crystalbrook Collection start ramping up?
There’s a lot of talk in the industry about
the potential for a major Middle Eastern
carrier to be among the new services set
to be announced in 2018.
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Florence St upgrade 12

The spectacular success of Munro Martin Botanica sales to start
Parklands, the opening of Cairns
Aquarium and the soon-to-be-completed
CPAC has sparked a plan to upgrade For the most part, this $200 million
Florence St. Cairns Regional Council says project at Caravonica has been flying
it want to enhance the pedestrian under the radar, with the occasional
experience with visual cues inspired by headline focused on plans to create a 2.2
the Parklands. Mayor Manning boldly hectare lagoon as the centrepiece of the
predicts the Florence St area will become residential development. With extensive
one of the city’s “busiest cultural and groundworks nearing completion, expect
tourist hot spots”. to hear an announcement about the
launch of a sales campaign soon.