The Queensland government has set aside more land for conservation as it seeks to boost its environmental credentials, days after opening more land to gas exploration.

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The state government has announced an ambitious tourism plan designed to double the industry’s worth to $84bn in two decades.

These are the most spectacular. Adventures in national parks don’t end at sundown. We’ve found the best ways to explore after dark, from seeing the Northern Lights to Yooperlite hunting.

Jessica Tezak for The New York Times The perennial champion among the nation’s busiest national parks, Great Smoky Mountains, in Tennessee and North Carolina, logged 12.2 million visits last year.