Budget to support visitor economy growth, says ATIC
Travel's peak bodies seem pretty chuffed with the federal budget so far. We were hoping for a little more drama but c'es...
NSW wine town takes out top tourism title two years in a row
Despite never having been to the winning town we can understand why it was awarded the top gong. Who doesn't love wine??...
Albo officially names Don Farrell as Australia’s new Tourism Minister
Nothing like an awkward selfie with the PM to kick off your stint as Tourism Minister. Here's everything you need to kno...
ATIC proposes three-pronged emergency plan for tourism, hospitality and events to government
Daniel Gschwind and his team at the ATIC have devised a plan to get the three sectors out of what is turning out to be a...
Federal government assembles expert panel to help drive tourism industry’s recovery
The government has channelled its inner Justice League to unite five tourism experts for a good old-fashioned brainstorm...
All the details, all the reactions: Federal government’s $1.2bn tourism support package explained
After much anticipation, ScoMo and Josh have revealed how the government plans to fork out $1.2 billion to keep Australi...
ScoMo called upon to handle federal tourism portfolio
Should Australia’s PM somewhat reprise his role as “Scotty from marketing”? The ATIC’s Simon Westaway certainly ...
August tourism data reveals regional Australia fared better than capital cities
This story contains plenty of stats for those of you who are data-hungry. It also contains some stern words from ATIC’...
ATIC’s COVID Clean Program gets global tick of approval
It turns out that Simon Westaway and his team at the ATIC were right on the money with its COVID-safe program.
Regional tourism receives $250 million cash injection
The government has given regional tourism operators a reason to jump for joy this morning, and caused two industry assoc...
WHM parliamentary inquiry urges government to develop ‘Have a Gap Year at Home’ campaign
Young Australians would be the targets of a new campaign to combat a shortage of backpacker workers in agriculture, acco...
“An absolute priority”: 10,000 tourism professionals the latest to petition for JobKeeper extension
The voices of Australia's tourism industry are getting louder ahead of the federal government’s economic update on Thu...
Australia’s inbound and domestic tourism spend falls by $6 billion
We've broken down Tourism Research Australia's quarterly snapshot so that you don't have to. And by "broken down", we me...
Tourism industry embraces ‘COVID Clean’ program
It appears many Aussie tourism businesses are loading up on hand san and gaffer tape in a bid to become COVID-safe for c...
ATIC and ATEC launch COVID-safe programs for SMEs
Two of Australia’s industry bodies have developed practical support for businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Ho...
Industry bodies call on government support for “horror movie” impacts of COVID-19
Key industry bodies used the Australian Bureau of Statistics' release of overseas arrival figures to call upon the gover...