Public Safety Campaign Aimed At Chinese Tourists

The University of Queenslands Confucius Institute and the Queensland Police Service, Far North District have joined forces to develop a safety brochure for tourists travelling to North Queensland. Each year more than 190,000 tourists from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan visit Cairns and the surrounding area. UQ Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Executive Dean Professor Tim Dunne said the need for a public safety campaign was recognised after a number of tourist deaths in the past year. UQ Provost and Senior Vice-President Professor Max Lu has written a message for the brochure, as has the Queensland Police Northern Region Assistant Commissioner, Paul Taylor. As part of the campaign, 50,000 brochures have been printed and a large number of tourist operators have already received training on promoting water safety to international visitors. The brochure is printed in English and Chinese and highlights the need for water safety, accommodation security and personal safety. Director of The University of Queenslands Confucius Institute, Professor Ping Chen told SBS Radio Mandarin that many Chinese tourists English are limited and are not quite sure about the travel conditions such as the water safety, rules of the road in Queensland. The Bilingual safety brochures will help the Chinese tourists to have better understanding of the travelling information they need. More details you can listen to the full radio interview.

Safety brochure (Supplied) Source: QUEENSLAND POLICE