2021-02-09 S&O Agenda - Item 11 - Attachment 1 - Tourism Noosa Annual Report 2019-20

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     D E D I C AT I O N O F N O O S A W O R L D S U R F I N G R E S E R V E

     Noosa was officially declared the 10th World Surfing       Tourism Noosa worked with the Noosa World Surfing
     Reserve at a dedication ceremony in Noosa National         Reserve Committee on the proposal to establish the
     Park at the start of the 2020 Noosa Festival of Surfing,   honour. The reserve is a 5km stretch from the river mouth
     recognising the community’s surf and conservation          to north Sunshine Beach and a Noosa World Surfing
     culture that has protected the area for decades. More      Reserve stewardship program has set out how it will
     than 100 surfers, surf legends and environmentalists       continue to be protected.
     attended the ceremony, along with a delegation from
     the international World Surfing Reserves and Save The
     Waves Coalition.