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A NEW NSW GOVERNMENT-

TICNSWs focus turns to converting commitments into real actions….

TICNSW Chairman Ken Corbett with Premier Barry O’Farrell

For TICNSW, with a new NSW Government now in place, the focus turns to converting the commitments made by the coalition in their Tourism Policy, launched in February 2011, into actions.

 NSW Election – The Opposition launches NSW tourism policy….

 The NSW Opposition announced their NSW Tourism Policy today stating that “A NSW Liberals & Nationals Government will create Destination NSW to sell NSW here and overseas, boost tourism funding by $45 million and strategically aim to double tourism in NSW by 2020.”

 NSW Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell and Shadow Minister for Hospitality, Tourism and Major Events George Souris in their announcement said, “This is a plan to make NSW the number one tourism destination in Australia and double tourism in our state by 2020.A $40 million boost to the Destination NSW budget will drive our efforts to rebuild the State’s tourism industry”.

NSW Visitor Numbers on the improve ….

The latest official tourism statistics for both international and domestic visitation, recently released, showed strong improvement in the visitor numbers for NSW.

KPMG Update

Readers will be aware of the Industry Engagement KPMG has been undertaking on behalf of TICNSW in preparing policy documents to present to each side of the NSW political debate as we near the 2011 elections. All interviews will have been completed by Easter.

Australian Tourism Awards Results Special Edition.

NSW Scoops the Pool at the 2009 Australian Tourism Awards.

TICNSW would like to congratulate the seven NSW tourism operators who were successful at the 2009 Australian Tourism Awards announced last Friday 26 February. At an exceptional function at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Hobart, a sellout crowd of some 800 industry professionals from each state and territory enjoyed a wonderful night. Proud NSW winners included:

KPMG program update

TICNSW has commissioned KPMG to undertake some industry engagement that will lead to the creation of some policy recommendations to serve on each side of the political debate as we near the 2011 NSW elections.

The team at KPMG has commenced their engagement, whereby they will be interviewing some 18 key industry leaders and seeking answers to a range questions. The responses should underpin the policy documentation to serve on each side of the political debate.

Members, there are a couple of important matters for you to be aware of. First the Council will be advertising for a replacement General Manager. Your scribe and faithful incumbent is planning on becoming a ‘tourist’ soon. The position and requirements are now listed on our website www.ticnsw.com.au and will appear in a number of publications electronically over the next couple of weeks. Secondly, we have an Annual General Meeting scheduled for Thursday 18th March. This will be conducted in the AFTA Board Room, immediately following our regular March Board meeting. We are planning a relatively low key affair as we keep aside our available funds for the KPMG project.

2010 Local Government NSW Tourism Conference
10-12 March at Cowra

Registration for the 2010 Local Government Tourism Conference is now open. This year’s theme is ‘The Business of Tourism.’ The 2010 NSW Tourism Conference is partnered by Tourism New South Wales and supported by the Tourism Industry Council. It is sponsored by Countrylink, The Cowra Guardian, LPMA’s Crown Land Division, CCIA, Aurora Research, Tourism Research Australia, Kempsey Shire Council, and City Marketing.