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Calendar promotes 'slow tourism' for World Cassowary Day

23/9/2018

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Mission Beach Cassowaries Inc 
Media Release 24 September 2018

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​World Cassowary Day (WCD), held each year on September 26th,  is a day of celebration to draw international attention to the reasons Cassowaries are globally important and need to be protected.

This year (WCD) has gone digital to showcase the Cassowary and the conservation efforts of people working to protect them, their home, and the other unique and endangered animals of the World Heritage listed Wet Tropics Rainforests.
Local environment organisation Mission Beach Cassowaries (MBC) will be joining the celebrations with the launch of  their 2019 calendar which presents the special features of Mission Beach in spectacular images promoting the 'Mission Beach - naturally' branding.
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​"Our aim is to present Mission Beach for the points of difference that make it a premier nature based  'slow tourism' destination based on protection of the natural  environment and the cassowary". said Mission Beach Cassowaries president Liz Gallie. ​​

​"Slow tourism is an emerging tourism  market  for  people looking to spend longer in a destination and to experience becoming  'part of a community'.  It is also associated with a low carbon footprint so helps achieve a more ecologically sustainable  future.  It s about  ‘doing things in the right speed’,  ‘changing the attitude towards speed’ and  ‘seeking quality over quantity’". 
As visitor numbers to Mission Beach increase, MBC is concentrating their efforts  on presenting a strong message for Mission Beach to become known as a 'Slow Down Town' to help secure the future of the  important  population of cassowaries.

"Mission Beach is already known  as a place to chill out  so promoting it as a 'slow tourism' destination  is a perfect fit" " Slow down on the way in and slow down when you get here. Liz emphasised.

"Also, as new people settle in our town, they might appreciate the beauty but not realise just how special  Mission Beach is, or what they can do  to  help protect it in the long term." 
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"We ask that drivers take special care when travelling through cassowary habitat" said Liz. "A cassowary  could be on the road just around the next bend or over the next crest"
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All funds raised from the sale of the calendars will go toward the 2019 Mission Beach Community Cassowary Festival.

​The calendars are available to buy online at www.missionbeachcassowaries.com  or call 0414 402315

Find out more about  World Cassowary Day on www.worldcassowaryday.org.
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Photo Liz Gallie
For more information contact;
Liz Gallie
missionbeachcassowaries@gmail.com
​0414 402315
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