The Great Keppel Island master plan is set to turn the crumbling resort ruins into a tourism hotspot again.Once an 1980s party paradise, Great Keppel Island could soon be transformed back into a tourism mecca featuring an eco-resort, glamping space and conservation areas.
"We'll be looking at concept designs, we'll be looking at marina facilities, we'll be doing all that work." The Queensland government has been working with the Livingstone Shire Council, local operators and traditional owners for more than five years to develop the master plan for the island. "One quarter of the Capricorn Coast's tourism economy is generated because of Great Keppel Island , which increases to over 50 per cent with the realisation of the GKI master plan vision."
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