The following is a guest blog piece by Australian Regional Tourism Network (ARTN) Chairman David Sheldon who is also the owner / operator of Elm Cottage in Tumut. We are proud to be affiliated with the through our sponsorship of the ARTN Young Tourism Professional awardOver 45% of the Visitor Expenditure is currently in Regional Australia. That means our network needs to begin updating its practices to fit the current climate. Today’s ever changing economic challenges should be seen as opportunities as opposed to roadblocks. Tourism is a … [Read more...]
Are Accommodation Businesses Optimising VFR Travel?
When you are a tourism researcher, it is not so much that life reflects art but that life reflects research. As such, it has been fascinating to take a visiting friends and relatives trip so soon after completing the research on VFR travel in Australia. … [Read more...]