By Jolene Ogle
VISITORS can expect an even warmer welcome these school holidays with four new Noosa Ambassadors hitting Hastings Street this week.
The four Sunshine Beach High School students are armed with tourist and local information to help visitors find the best place to eat, locate the loos or snag a car park space.
A joint initiative of Tourism Noosa and Member for Noosa Glen Elmes, this is the second time the Noosa Ambassadors have taken to the streets.
Mr Elmes said visitors would benefit from the “down-to-earth, local knowledge” the four Year 10 students could offer.
“The visitor takes a nice warm feeling of Noosa home with them, and the best form of advertising is word of mouth,” he said.
Mr Elmes said the Ambassadors would also benefit from the two-week program, gaining valuable experience as volunteers.
“The girls will have on their resume something not many others their age will, and that’s experience volunteering,” he said.
“This will give them a leg up when they go to an interview, and if we can help do that, why not.”
Ambassador Hayley Hammond, 15, said she was excited to help visitors find their way around Noosa.
“I wanted to get out into the area and get to know Noosa more,” she said.
May Goetjens, 15, said she looked forward to offering her local knowledge and said she thought the most popular question would be: “Where is the best place to eat?”
The Noosa Ambassadors will be on Hastings Street each Monday and Friday of the school holidays from 10am to noon and will be visible in the Tourism Noosa blue shirts and white hats.
