The boss of the city's economic development board,Brisbane Marketing,said he understood the need for safety but the reported incident with the Danish royal was"not a good look"for the city.
"It's certainly not the headlines that we want going around the world,"chief executive Brett Fraser told ABC Radio Brisbane.
"Indeed,we do a lot of work to position Brisbane as a destination of choice worldwide for business,for leisure.
"Headlines like that certainly don't help us."