Dubbo's tourism woes are holding up new attractions on the Camp Road circuit.
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This warning came from investor Warren Quirk who last week bought back the property he once owned at 16L Camp Road.
He sold the property in 2003 to Miniland.
That business had legal problems with Dubbo City Council and subsequently closed.
At the auction last week Mr Quirk picked up the 5.4 hectare property "for a song" at $200,000 but said this was because the property had been sadly neglected in recent times.
And while he is not willing to release his plans for the property he is adamant that nothing will be done until Dubbo tourism shows signs of recovery.
"If I do something out there, it's going to be done properly," Mr Quirk said.
"I'm prepared to make a significant investment in tourism in Dubbo and I have a lot of confidence in the long-term future of the tourism industry in Dubbo, however before I make that investment I want to see a few things improve.
"There are a small minority of people who are making it very difficult for the majority of people in tourism in Dubbo."
Mr Quirk said there were problems inside and outside the tourism industry with crime and the negative reporting of crime an issue, but marketing of Dubbo an even bigger issue.
"Talk to the moteliers and they are hurting and you have to ask yourself why when you have the biggest tourism attraction in NSW in your town," Mr Quirk said.
"The tourism industry needs to come back on track."
Mr Quirk - who is from Gosford originally - owned the land of the circuit when it was still zoned as rural and said he believes that the tourist circuit still has a lot of potential - it just needs another major attraction.
The latest attempt to see Dubbo and the surrounding area promoted through an advertising campaign on television has received mixed responses with criticism that it has not been shown interstate.
Barry Ryan, operator of the Big M military museum - which is also on the tourism circuit - said the advertising campaign was just a band-aid solution and underlying law and order issues needed to be addressed.