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Visitors to Queensland, Australia will be asked to do their bit to help the drought the region is suffering by limiting the amount of time they spend in the shower.

A new proposal has been made by the Queensland Water Commission for all accommodation providers in the south-east part of the state to install signs asking visitors to have showers of no longer than four minutes.

Tourists will also be requested to turn off taps when they brush their teeth or shave.

Until now information campaigns and initiatives on water-saving have been run by local councils, but no uniform measures have been implemented to encourage tourists to conserve water.

Elizabeth Nosworthy, chairwoman of the Queensland Water Commission, told the Sydney Morning Herald: 'People are telling us they're worried visitors to south-east Queensland aren't being asked to save water in the same way as residents.

'The main message is pretty simple and, I hope, very familiar - we want visitors to only have four-minute showers, just like everyone else in south-east Queensland.'

According to Tourism Queensland, the last financial year saw 2.2m international tourists visit the north-east Australian state and 17.8m domestic visitors spend at least one night in the region.

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