Queensland tourism launches smartphone code of conduct
Tourism venues across Australia’s Sunshine Coast are to display a Smarter Smartphone Code of Conduct in a bid to combat “smartphone dependency”, after a survey commissioned by the tourism body for the region found that almost half of Australians had argued with their partner over mobile phone use.
The research was commissioned by Tourism and Events QLD
The research, commissioned by Tourism and Events Queensland, found that 50 per cent of Australians believe they could not live 24 hours without their smartphone, while 65 per cent keep their phone within arms reach all day, every day.
The smartphone code of conduct is to be displayed on coasters, in taxis and on bedside tables in hotels across the Sunshine Coast.
Eighty per cent of people surveyed said they had had a conversation with someone who was texting at the same time.
Simon Ambrose of Sunshine Coast Destination Limited, said visitors could now leave the area “armed with an idea that can better their lives."
Queensland is understood to be the first Australian state to introduce a code of conduct in its tourism industry.
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