Tourism Port Douglas Daintree News - Holiday Competition Winner announced
Tourism Port Douglas Daintree News - Holiday Competition Winner announced
Charmaine Wood and husband Adam are looking
forward to returning soon
The winner of Tourism Port Douglas & Daintree's $5,500 holiday to Port Douglas is a major fan of the region who last visited with her husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary in 2009.
Charmaine Wood, a 26 year old cake decorator from the Gold Coast
"I still can't believe I've won," she said. "I entered because I got an email from someone and just followed the instructions thinking wow, it would be great to go back to Port Douglas' and I never imagined I would be the winner in my wildest dreams."
Charmaine and husband Adam came to Port Douglas for a week's holiday in February 2009 to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. "We really loved our first trip there - we went snorkeling on the reef and visited the rainforest at Cape Tribulation," she said.
The next time they visit, the family will be larger. "Having had a baby a year ago, this will be such a treasured experience for us as a new family," said Charmaine.
The online competition was organised by Tourism Port Douglas Daintree from a database of over 12,000 emails and received over 4000 entries.
"Our strategy was to use the competition to boost interest in the destination during the low season when people are researching and planning travel options," said executive officer Doug Ryan. "The competition increased visitation to by 82% over the same period last year which was an excellent result. One of the highest number of referrals were directly from Tourism Port Douglas Daintree's Facebook page," he said.
Entrants sent over 11,000 emails referring Port Douglas & Daintree to their friends to qualify for the competition.
The next time they visit, the family will be larger. "Having had a baby a year ago, this will be such a treasured experience for us as a new family," said Charmaine.The Woods prize includes:
- 5 nights at the luxury 5 star Thala Beach Lodge, Port Douglas, valued at $2175
- 15 minute scenic flight on Skysafari valued at $220
- Great Barrier Reef diving trip with Calypso Reef Cruises valued at $630
- Cape Tribulation and Daintree Tour with Daintree Discovery Tours valued at $346
- Kitesurfing lesson with Windswell valued at $440
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