It was great to meet  the local Chinese students helping out as interpreters for the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) at  the Australian Tourism Exchange in Sydney recently. I hope all of our sellers had a successful event. Congratulations to Tourism …
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I was pleased to meet with the Australian Hotels Association National Executive in Darwin recently to discuss the impact of Labor’s carbon tax on hotel profits. The Gillard Government’s commitment to support greater levels of investment in the tourism industry …
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Brett Whiteley, the Liberal Candidate for Braddon, and I recently met with tourism operators in northern Tasmania to discuss the impact of red and green tape on their businesses.  The Coalition is committed to cutting $1 billion worth of red …
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A new group ‘formed to provide advice on enhancing the international competitiveness of Australia’s services sector’ includes four union bosses but no representatives from Australia’s biggest services export – tourism. To not include the tourism industry in a Services Leaders …
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In Port Macquarie with the Nationals candidate for Lyne, David Gillespie, I heard from local businesses about what Labor’s industrial relations policies mean for the tourism industry. Many businesses in regional towns have told me they now close at key times …
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The 2011-12 Tourism Satellite Account produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics was released on 26 April, revealing:  Tourism is a $107 billion industry, growing 6.8% on the previous year. The industry makes up 2.8% of Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP). Tourism …
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Tina MacFarlane, the Country Liberals candidate for Lingiari, and I recently visited Ayers Rock Resort to meet with the resort management, local tourism operators and tourists. I was alarmed to learn Labor’s carbon tax has hit a $700,000 hole in the …
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With the Budget just a week away, what will the Gillard Government deliver for tourism? A look at the Government’s Budget papers since 2007 show Labor’s priorities in the tourism portfolio have been all about building the bureaucracy at the …
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The Gillard Government’s internal leadership battle has hit the tourism industry, with the resignation of tourism minister Martin Ferguson following Kevin Rudd’s aborted leadership coup recently. The tourism bureaucracy also has a new leadership team with the secretary, deputy secretary …
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