KANGAROO Islanders are fighting a proposed $2 million "swim with the tuna" attraction, saying it will lure sharks and destroy the region's clean image.

THE Barossa will be the focus of a major tourism push early next year aimed at turning around an alarming drop in visitors from SA and interstate.

THE SA Tourism Commission has vowed to move beyond Kangaroo Island and begin showcasing other areas of our state on screen.

TOURISM in the entire Riverland, not just Cadell, will suffer if the Cadell ferry is closed, the State Government has been warned.

A TOURISM Commission iPhone app advises visitors look at features of Adelaide Oval that have been demolished.

VISITOR numbers at Uluru have dropped by 40 per cent in the past decade.

A THREE-year community-led overhaul of Smoky Bay's rotting jetty is expected to bolster the town's tourism potential, say residents.

SOUTH Australia's Tourism Commission has lost more than $1 million on foreign currency markets due to the strength of the Australian dollar.

THE state's new tourism boss will target more investment as well as high-spending and business travellers, and the Chinese market during her 12-month term.

THE SA Tourism Commission has been ordered to cut $1.2 million from its spending.

IAN Darbyshire has been dropped as the head of the South Australian Tourism Commission as part of a restructure aimed at cutting costs and improving sector promotion.

RECOMMENDATIONS to overhaul the SA Tourism Commission will be put to Tourism Minister Gail Gago later today following a board meeting.

BUILD it and they will come ... and keep coming in record numbers to the Clipsal 500.

TAXPAYERS will again have to pay for the running of Adelaide's main tourism centre with a private company telling the State Government it cannot fulfil its contract.

A $6 MILLION ad campaign aimed at bringing well-heeled Sydney and Melbourne tourists to Kangaroo Island will be rolled out in SA from tonight.

PORT River speed limits should be changed to protect dolphins from being injured by jet skiers, tourism operators and experts say.

THE arrival in Adelaide on Saturday of Queen Mary 2, the largest cruise ship to visit Australia, will start an intense cruise season of eight ships' calls in eight days.

TOURISM Australia chairman Geoff Dixon has condemned negative public myths about the tourism industry, saying they are unfair at a time when the sector is performing strongly.

THE State Government is working towards establishing direct flights from Adelaide to Beijing to take advantage of a burgeoning Chinese tourism market.

OVERSEAS and interstate tourists are increasingly being lured to South Australia by food and wine experiences.

OUTBACK SA is enjoying its best season since the 1970s as the tourism and pastoral industries thrive on the record rain of the past two years.

SINGAPORE Airlines will fly directly to Adelaide twice a day, three days a week, boosting tourism numbers this coming summer.

ADELAIDE-based tourism operator SeaLink Travel Group has bought the larger Sydney-based business Captain Cook Cruises.

A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR tourist accommodation facility in the East End has been rejected again.

MARY MacKillop's canonisation to sainthood last year continues to be a tourist attraction for Penola in the state's Limestone Coast region.

TAX relief for tourism developments will be considered by the State Government as part of spending aimed at making Kangaroo Island the state's key tourist attraction.

TAX relief for tourism developments will be considered by the State Government as part of spending aimed at making Kangaroo Island the state's key tourist attraction.

TOURISM Minister John Rau says he is "very disappointed" there is no disabled access to the troubled South Australian Travel Centre.

A DEAL to privatise the South Australian Travel Centre will be probed after the Tourism Commission chairman's son-in-law won the contract.

THE state's tourism operators fear not everyone will receive a fair go in promotion from a company taking over the Government's SA Travel Centre.