International Indigenous Tourism Promo & WA Focus on Aboriginal Employment

Applications are now open for the G’ Day USA: Australia Week & Toronto Roadshow 2009 which will run from the 14th to the 29th January 2009.

A special edition of the Indigenous Tourism Australia Newsletter 2008/4 reports that Aden Ridgeway will lead a delegation of Aboriginal tourism operators to take part in a series of trade, media and consumer workshops in San Francisco, New York and Toronto.

The Roadshow has been timed to coincide with Australia Week which is now probably the largest foreign country promotion held annually in the United States showcasing all things Australian from trade and investment, food and wine, film, arts, fashion, lifestyle, to Indigenous culture and tourism.

There should be a strong media reporting profiling our Indigenous culture, which could deliver commercial results for the Indigenous operators involved. The cities targetted have already demonstrated consumer interest in Aboriginal experiences and they provide excellent media and trade opportunities.

This is the first time that Indigenous tourism operators have had the opportunity to promote their product at this prestigious event.

After the 2009 Australia Week operators will travel to Toronto to meet with key Canadian distributors and media.

For more information and to apply go to www.tradeevents.australia.com/

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Contact Jo Demmler – Indigenous Tourism Project Manager, Tourism Australia
Tel: 02 9361 1227
Email: jdemmler@tourism.australia.com

Applications must address the selection criteria and be received by Friday 17th October 2008.

To find out more about Australia Week, click here.

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Tourism WA Is Offering Workshops with a Focus on Aboriginal Employment

Tourism WA has integrated Aboriginal employment into their Better Business Blitz series. A new workshop called ‘Making your tourism business a hit not a miss’, is the latest topic in the Tourism Western Australia Better Business Blitz series.

The next workshop will be held in Exmouth on Friday October 17. The Blitz will be held at the Novotel Ningaloo Resort from 9:00am – 12:30pm and will include topics such as customer retention, international marketing, Aboriginal employment and customer feedback methods.

To secure your seat, contact Tourism WA Destination Development Coordinator Sally Patterson on 08 9262 1783 before Friday October 10.