Tourism
January 26, 2005
British backpackers are getting older and ‘gap’ years are no longer reserved for students. Stressed executives are quitting the office to explore the world. This is the finding of research published last week Bradford & Bingley to mark the launch […]
January 26, 2005
Tourism forecasts indicate that regional areas will see much of Australia’s increase in tourism visitation where motels provide the vast majority of tourist accommodation. There are nearly 4,000 motels in Australia, according the Hotel, Motel & Accommodation Association, and most […]
December 8, 2004
A SA government report says that today 1/3 of all State Schools (across all 3 sectors) offer tourism & hospitality courses, with girls making up 2/3 of the students and thousands of businesses from small cafes to the Adelaide Convention […]
November 19, 2004
For communities interested in Farmers’ Markets the following research findings may be of some value: (i) The majority of visitors earn between $40 -49,000 pa (ii) 40.8% of visitors to markets were tourists, the rest are locals (iii) Of the […]
November 19, 2004
The new Ghan link to Darwin has seen tourism rebound after depressed visitor numbers due to a string of disasters including the war on terrorism, SARS, the Ansett collapse and Singapore and Malaysian Airlines pulling out. Regarded as something of […]
November 19, 2004
Pigs Will Fly is about grassroots collaboration and getting results for grassroots effort – you’ve heard it all before! Back in Bulletin 6, I passed on what, to me, are 6 essential ingredients for collaboration and this last week success […]
November 19, 2004
Frustration with a system where grassroots groups ‘reinvent the wheel’ and, inevitably, waste scarce resources, often surfaces when community workers get round a table. This fragmented system of hardworking community people, from both public and private sectors, does not make […]
November 18, 2004
Regional areas invest heavily in their Visitor Info Centres (VICs). Understanding how a VIC contributes to increasing tourism yield can help planning VIC services. It can also provide evidence of the value of contributing to VIC activities for small businesses, […]
August 28, 2004
The Family Conference Team of the Youth Court of South Australia has for the second time won the award for excellence in judicial administration. Successful outcomes include: (i)elderly victims becoming surrogate grandparents after a troubled pregnant teenager stole their car. […]