Tourism
August 24, 2005
Quality lifestyle for owners of a ‘non-accredited’ regional School of Fine Art & Study Tour business
Pat and Mick Waters did NOT do exactly as their 6 month business studies course suggested. They were mature-age students – Pat, a practising artist and TAFE art teacher with 30 years experience, and Mick, a fine arts craftsman. They […]
August 23, 2005
The BITE (Backpacker Industry Trade E-news)is a bi-monthly e-newsletter discussing issues in the backpacking industry. It is distributed by the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC)through its Backpacker Tourism Advisory Panel (BTAP) – a voluntary panel made up of key industry […]
August 11, 2005
Five years ago, Ken Kercheval of Jindivick, Victoria, took a huge gamble. He gave up his day time job with the then Department of Sustainability & Environment DNRE to establish his own charter coach business. Having lived and worked in […]
August 10, 2005
Tourism Australia, State Tourism Organisations and Ford UK are jointly promoting the amazing landscapes of the Savannah Way. Journalists from a range of travel, driving and lifestyle publications in the UK drove Ford Rangers along a section of the Savannah […]
August 10, 2005
Despite significant resources being invested in touring routes round Australia, research for Cross Border Development of Outback Tourism – part of the Tourism White Paper Implementation Plan – has identified the following issues: 1)There are research gaps re: the changing […]
August 10, 2005
Countries with increasing visitor numbers for January to June 2005 include: -Korea up 24.4% to 130,200;-China up 19.3% to 143,000;-Singapore up 14.1% to 130,700;-New Zealand up 11.1% to 490,300′-Taiwan up 9.5% to 56,700;-UK up 7.3% to 340,500. For the period […]
August 10, 2005
Launched at the inaugural Wine, Food and Tourism Conference in Adelaide last week, the toolkit will provide in-depth info on how wineries can partner effectively with the tourism and food sectors to increase visitors and yield to their regions and […]
August 10, 2005
Campaigners on all sorts of issues lobby Members of Parliament – but how effectively is it being done? A new survey by national public affairs firm, Parker & Partners, has released a report into what influences our politicians. 60 interviews […]
August 10, 2005
2000-2005 A long and Winding Road…..passing on FLN Coordinator’s newsletter: Anne Horrigan-Dixon writes: In the last 5 weeks I have had time to think about what has happened to Australia in that time and think what it has meant for […]
August 10, 2005
Victoria is adopting a whole of government approach to the marketing, development and management of trails, with the release of the Victorian Trails Strategy 2005-2010. The State has more than 2,000 trails, with a total length of some 8,000 kilometres. […]
August 10, 2005
Tourism Victoria, Parks Victoria, and the Department of Sustainability and Environment are holding a series of workshops to give industry the chance to have a say on Victoria’s Nature-Based Tourism Strategy 2006-2010. The workshops are open to anyone working in […]
August 10, 2005
This forum will provide an opportunity to reflect and learn from the experience of universities and communities successfully working together. TIME: Monday 22 August 2005, 9.00 am – 3.00 pm PLACE: RMIT Storey Hall, 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne. REGISTRATION FEE: […]