Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Hon Don Farrell, announced a new business events data dashboard from TRA (accessed here) to help the sector better understand and plan for business events travellers. Business events continue to be a key focus for us at Tourism Australia, and the new data shows the sector contributed $20.9…

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Ecotourism Australia’s inaugural Global Sustainable Tourism Summit will bring together industry leaders and sustainability experts in Meeanjin/Brisbane, on 4-6 June 2024 to discuss the current opportunities and challenges for the sustainable tourism industry. Following the theme “People, Planet, Place, Purpose” the program will feature a…

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Small Australian tourism businesses are invited to participate in research about their decisions to engage (or not) with Government Support Programs (e.g. grants, subsidies, business advice and seminars). This research aims to identify factors that impact uptake and adoption of these programs, to evaluate the effectiveness of government…

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With the first phase (recovery) of Australia’s national visitor economy strategy – THRIVE 2030 – almost complete, it’s time to seek your views to help Austrade develop the second phase (consolidation) for 2025–2027. We need your help!

It’s easy – you can participate in different ways. From completing a simple survey to attending…

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Tourism Research Australia (TRA) has released the 2023 results for the National Visitor Survey (NVS) and International Visitor Survey (IVS).

In the year ending December 2023:

Australian residents took 112.6 million domestic overnight trips and spent $109.3 billion international visitors took 6.6 million trips to Australia and spent an… Read more

‘Navigating the Landscape of Aboriginal Tourism & Storytelling’

Join us on Thursday 28 March for our upcoming ATEC Tourism Tutorial. In this session we will dive into the ‘Discover Aboriginal Experiences’ program, exploring its significance and offerings. Learn from those who’ve made sharing Aboriginal Experiences their passion as well…

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The Hon Don Farrell, Minister for Tourism and Trade and the Australian Tourism Industry Council, have launched the Tourism Emissions Reduction program at the inaugural Talking Tourism Business Forum in Darwin last week.

The online program provides businesses with an emissions estimate and a tailored reduction plan. Businesses can then…

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With the first phase (Recovery) of Australia’s national strategy for the Visitor Economy – THRIVE 2030 – coming to a close, it’s time to seek your views to help Austrade develop the second phase (Consolidation) for 2025–2027. We need your help!

It’s easy – you can participate in different ways. From completing a simple survey to attending…

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The opportunity to celebrate the achievements of your business is here, with nominations now open for the 2024 Queensland Tourism Awards. Nominations close on 3 May 2024, with the award submissions due on 1 August 2024.

Nominate via this link.

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National Visitor Survey Results

Our NVS snapshot for the month of December 2023 is now published. It provides statistics on how Australian residents travelled in your state or territory and nationally during this period.

In December 2023, Australian residents took 9.5 million overnight trips and spent $9.6 billion.

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