Tourism and business
The tourism industry is made up of nearly 270,000 businesses across sectors such as accommodation, food services, retail trade and transport, employing around 925,000 people.
Tourism 2020 is encouraging high quality tourism experiences, including Indigenous tourism, and governments are working with industry to support the development of tourism infrastructure to drive demand.
Austrade, through its role in tourism policy, is able to connect tourism across the wider spectrum of work supporting Australian businesses and the attraction of investment into Australia.
Tools for business
Information on planning, starting and growing businesses and the ability to search for grant funding and support provided by the Australian, state and territory governments.
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Develop your workforce
A priority under the Tourism 2020 Strategy is to develop a skilled tourism workforce.
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Investing in tourism
Austrade provides coordinated government assistance to promote, attract and facilitate investment into tourism infrastructure in Australia.
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Business events
Austrade and Tourism Australia support industry through the event bidding and delivery process to strengthen Australia’s share of the international business events market.
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Grants
Information on grants programmes administered by Austrade and other resources to assist businesses. There is also information on previous grants programmes.
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Working with China
Information on Chinese cultural awareness and engagement for the Australian tourism industry to improve service quality and enhance the capacity of industry to better understand and service the Chinese traveller.
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