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 them through our sponsorship of the ARTN Young Tourism Professional award Over 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...]