Queenstown today also lives off tourism. In addition to the destroyed landscape, an attraction in a way, many well kept buildings like the Empire Hotel above make it a worth while stop on the way to the west coast. The authors have to confess that the image above was slightly altered (the only one on this site) - we have removed a tourist standing in front of a window...   One additional tip: There is a scenic railway line from Queenstown to Strahan, the West Coast Wilderness Railway.