WA’s newest regional airline has taken off this week on its first commercial flight – opening up further access to some of WA’s most iconic locations.
Nexus Airlines will depart from Geraldton (Jambinu) to Perth (Boorloo) on Monday, July 17. The new high-capacity air service will connect the Kimberley, Pilbara and Mid-West regions, with… Read more

The Australian Government is strategically refocusing the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) program to ensure it delivers on its objective of increasing the number of new exporters and supporting market diversification, while remaining a sustainable program into the future.

EMDG recipients, individuals, businesses, and other…

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The team at AGO are excited to release the 2023-2030 Agritourism Development Strategy, developed with contributions from the local agricultural and tourism industry. It will guide AGO’s activities towards a vision where authentic and diverse experiences leverage the unique agricultural excellence and contribute to a thriving region wide…

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The National Visitor Survey (NVS) results for year ending March 2023 are now published. Our NVS results provide statistics on how Australian residents travel within Australia.

In the year ending March 2023, Australian residents took 111.9 million overnight trips and spent $108.1 billion.

Read the latest results.

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12 MONTHS, 23 MAJOR EVENTS AND A $9.4 BILLION TOURISM RECORD HIGH

Strong growth in interstate and international spend, plus a bumper events calendar to kick off the year, has seen South Australia’s tourism sector hit a new record-high 12-month tourism spend.

New data released this week by Tourism Research Australia shows visitor expenditure…

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Events and tourism get a boost

The Government will continue to support the growth of the ACT’s tourism industry and visitor economy by continuing destination marketing activities, promoting additional domestic and international airline routes, and extending the successful Tourism Product Development Fund.

This investment also includes additional…

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On 4 July, the RAI will launch It’s Your Move – a high-profile, national campaign to promote the tens of thousands of professional well-paid jobs available right now in regional Australia.

Internet-advertised regional jobs tallied 91,000 in May up from 88,000 in April. Through It’s Your Move, we’re dismissing the myth there are no jobs in the…

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Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal (FRRR) has awarded $1,340,387 in grants to 131 local groups across remote, rural and regional Australia for projects that support small yet vital community needs, disaster resilience and recovery and COVID-19 recovery initiatives.

The grants are awarded through FRRR’s …

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Let us know your vision for recreational fishing tourism.

The South Australian Tourism Commission in partnership with RecFish SA is developing a recreational fishing tourism strategy to:

• help the sector achieve full potential; and
• maximise its contribution to the South Australian economy, people and nature.

The Strategy will be an important…

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The ongoing transformation of Queensland’s rebounding visitor economy is again a key focus of the 2023-24 State Budget.

The Palaszczuk Government has committed to increasing Tourism and Events Queensland’s base funding to $125 million-a-year for the next four years as it works towards ambitious goals for the state’s tourism and events…

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