The Top Tourism Town Awards will showcase the value of tourism to the towns and communities across NSW and celebrate their commitment to encouraging tourism and increasing visitation to their destination.
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said the Top Tourism Town Awards will shine a light on the towns, people, attractions and experiences that make NSW a ‘must visit’ destination.
“NSW is open for business and welcoming visitors, which is great news for regional towns and communities that rely on the visitor economy to support local businesses.
“As we’ve identified in the Visitor Economy Strategy 2030, regional towns play an important role in attracting visitation and visitor spend to NSW, and I encourage all tourism towns to enter the Awards,” Mr Ayres said.
NSW Tourism Industry Council executive manager Greg Binskin said community collaboration would be celebrated.
“The Top Tourism Town Awards will provide the opportunity for groups such as Local Chambers of Commerce, Visitor Information Centres, Local Tourism Associations and Councils or motivated groups of local operators to collaborate and showcase their town as a great visitor destination, and be recognised as a community that collaborates to make their town the best destination it can be,” he said.
The two categories are:
Top Tourism Town - suited to established tourism towns where a range of attractions, accommodation and visitor experiences already exist, particularly those with a population over 5,000 people
Small Tourism Town – suited to towns which are in the process of establishing a tourism strategy and developing visitor experiences, particularly those with a population below 5,000 people.
Nominations open today and close on Monday 22 March, with full submissions due Monday 26 April. Winners in each category will be announced in partnership with Local Government NSW at the LGNSW Destination & Visitor Economy Conference in Port Macquarie from 26-28 May. For information and to nominate, go to the NSW Tourism Awards website.
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