The Queensland Government has done a backflip on its plan to scrap paper tickets on the south-east's public transport network.

Transport Minister Rachel Nolan says paper tickets will remain alongside pre-bought 'go-cards'.

She says it is too expensive to implement a temporary version of the go-card for tourists and infrequent travellers.

"We had looked pretty hard into a disposable go-card option or something for short-term users," she said.

"In the end the implementation of that kind of system was going to be quite expensive.

"Keeping a single paper ticket is frankly quite a simple and easy thing to do."

Opposition transport spokeswoman Fiona Simpson has welcomed the decision.

"They were really going to disadvantage all those people who don't want to use go-cards and who have no alternative," she said.

"This whole process has been shambolic.

"It's been so badly planned - the fact that the Government announced they were going to get rid of paper tickets for commuters before they even had a way of doing it."