Capitalising On Our Unique Strengths
Queensland has a beautiful climate and stunning natural attributes. With our burgeoning reputation for excellent quality educational facilities, pioneering technological advances and plentiful work opportunities, more and more people from overseas and other Australian states are coming to Queensland, not only to visit, but to live, work, study, do business and invest. We are:
- one of the few developed regions in the tropics
- a major tourist destination with our sunshine and beaches, mountains and outback, rainforests and coral reef
- a small but skilled, regionalised population
- a diverse and tolerant society with many cultures, languages and religions
- rich in mineral and natural resources
- at the intersection between the Western and Asian economies.
Our distinctive location, history and natural resources shape our competitive strengths. For Queensland to prosper and increase its international profile as a competitive exporter and destination for investment, we must focus our efforts on our areas of strength which have the greatest potential for growth in both our emerging and existing industries.
Last reviewed 19 January 2006