Cruise ships

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (the managing agencies) support ecologically sustainable cruise ship operations within the Great Barrier R

Indigenous participation in tourism

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have connections to

Statement from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority about the World Heritage Decision

Please attribute these comments to Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority CEO Mr Josh Thomas:

Managing special tourism permits

Special tourism permissions relate to capped tourism activities, usually in the Cairns, Hinchinbrook and Whitsunday Planning Areas, which allow operators to continue to do something that was permit

Reef guardians

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's Reef Guardian program recognises the good environmental work undertaken by communities and industries to protect the Great Barrier Reef.

Tourism on the Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is recognised as providing unique, high-standard and world-class tourism experiences.

Project Reefresh: Bait Reef rehabilitation

Project Reefresh: Bait Reef rehabilitation is an innovative, multi-stakeholder reef rehabilitation project trialling three tools 

Look out for those below as heavy traffic hits the ‘humpback highway’

It’s the time of year for extravagant tail-slapping displays and breathtaking breaches, as thousands of nature’s majestic giants hit the ‘humpback highway’ on their annual journey along Australia’s East coast.

It’s the time of year for extravagant tail-slapping displays and breathtaking breaches, as thousands of nature’s majestic giants hit the ‘humpback highway’ on their annual journey along Australia’s

Response to Australian Institute of Marine Science Long-Term Monitoring Report

Today the Australian Institute of Marine Science released the annual update from its Long-Term Monitoring Program. It is extremely encouraging to see the headline Reef health indicator – coral cover – has continued to recover in the northern and central Reef.