Monday, December 16, 2019

TOURISM HEART STARTER

In a brilliant move  to boost tourism , Queensland is installing  defibrillators  next  to  collapsed   tourist  attraction  information  display stands all over the state . The   latest  life  saving  device   has  just been installed  next to one  at   the   Magnetic Island  ferry terminal  where  many items  appear on the verge of collapse .  Brochures  , leaflets, pamphlets are  limp, bent , upside down , screwed up .   Zapped  daily by the defibrillator  , it  will  present an  upright  display of  the  many  island  attractions .  The sign to the left  of  the stand  gives directions to  the nearest   life  saving   machine  at  Blue on Blue .The rubbish bin next to the  stand adds to the exotic setting.

 A  local tourist industry spokesman , holder of  a first aid certificate , keen to give the kiss of life to a  Townsville Bulletin eye candy  weather   girl ,   said  display stands throughout the north are  often  in  an  unkempt , decidedly unhealthy  state . Several in Cairns  looked as if  hit by a cyclone . In Townsville , a  jumbled stand  was in  an off putting haunted house setting  near major attractions.  A daily jolt with the defibrillator would  present  an   upstanding  ,  pristine   image  of   the  state's  wonderland .