Photo: Mark Wassell, Uluru (Some rights reserved)
Key links and resources to travel and tourism in Australia:
Headlines
Ecotourism Australia announces Elissa Keenan as new Chief Executive
The Best Road Trips In Australia – Horizon Guides
2021
Stimulating Australia’s Tourism Industry – Q+A
Headlines (2020)
Ecotourism Australia implores governments for ongoing support of natural attractions and ecotourism experiences – Ausleisure
Australia announces bid to win back tourists – CNN
Bushfire recovery package to tackle Australian tourism’s ‘biggest challenge in living memory’
Can domestic travellers save our tourism industry?
Key Links
Tourism Australia
Tourism and Transport Forum
https://www.tra.gov.au – National Visitor Survey monthly snapshot
Questions
• Is there a public ‘Who’s Who in Australian tourism’ on the web?
Recommended Listening
Great Aussie Road Trips – Has being in lockdown made you want to explore new places, or travel differently? Self-confessed road-trip junkie Lee Atkinson’s latest book is Ultimate Road Trips Australia.
Regional Australia reaps rewards of tourism boom – A record 8.4 million foreign tourists visited Australia last year and that’s good news for regional economies as most foreign visitors also travelled to the bush.
Tourism
Ecotourism Australia – Facebook – @EcotourismAus
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Australian Tourism Data Warehouse
Australia.com
Victorian Tourism Awards
Sustainable Tourism for Heritage Places
National Tourism Alliance
Australian Society of Travel Writers
Australian Traveler
Travel Weekly
facebook.com/flightcentreAU
traveltalkmag.com.au
Awards
https://www.qualitytourismaustralia.com/australian-tourism-awards/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO6RzUSSrWpLWSPDp3B53nA
https://twitter.com/qatainfo
2019-2020 Campaign
Australia woos Brexit-weary British tourists with sun, surf, cute critters and Kylie Minogu
Kylie Minogue tries to lure Brexit-weary Britons in new Tourism Australia ad ‘Matesong’
https://youtu.be/dLPy15UGXAs
Airlines
jetstar.com.au
qantas.com.au
allianceairlines.com.au
Birdwatching
gondwanaguides.com.au
Savannah Guides
Savannah Guides work with many of Australia’s leading tourism, environmental and community organisations to pursue its mission of being an economically sound, community based, professional body which maintains high standards and encourages the protection and conservation of the natural and cultural resources of the Tropical Savannahs of Northern Australia.
savannah-guides.com.au
Facebook
Wikipedia
Tourism in Australia
Planeta.com