City Information

Australia's premier regional city, Cairns is the international gateway into Tropical North Queensland, and carries with pride the mantle of safest tropical city in the world.

Residents of the area are also proud to be custodians of two of the world's greatest natural treasures - the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforests.

Both of these wonderful attractions are World Heritage listed, and there are very few places on Earth where two such treasures rest side by side.

Cairns International Airport is the nation's sixth busiest in terms of international and domestic passenger movements, and the city also is rated the third most popular tourist destination in the country after Sydney and Brisbane. More than three million international and domestic passenger movements were recorded during 2003/04.

The city is a vital, cosmopolitan centre and its residents enjoy an enviable tropical lifestyle.

The peak tourism body for the region is Tourism Tropical North Queensland, which receives annual funding from Cairns City Council each financial year for promotion, marketing and convention marketing.