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AUSTRADE Strategic Tourism Investment Grant Tourism 2020 Tourism Demand Driver Infrastructure Investment Opportunities Export Market Development Grants. Strategic Tourism Investment Grant 2012-2014. Addressing Tourism 2020 principles Completing Experience Development Strategies (EDS)
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AUSTRADEStrategic Tourism Investment Grant Tourism 2020Tourism Demand Driver Infrastructure Investment OpportunitiesExport Market Development Grants
Strategic Tourism Investment Grant 2012-2014 • Addressing Tourism 2020 principles • Completing Experience Development Strategies (EDS) • Realising investment-ready opportunities • Demonstrating value of investing in National Landscapes
Strategic Tourism Investment Grant 2012-2014 Delivered: • Completed Experience Development Strategies • Hard Infrastructure projects • Business and industry capacity building projects • Business planning and feasibility studies
Strategic Tourism Investment Grant 2012-2014 Outcomes: • Leveraged additional investment • Strengthened partnerships • Improved engagement in National Landscapes
Tourism 2020 Game changer priorities: • Cross-portfolio commitment • Improved visa arrangements • Improved airport experience and aviation capacity • Integration of national and state tourism plans into regional development and local government planning
Tourism Demand Driver Infrastructure • $43.1 million over four years • Delivered via State and Territory governments • TMM agreed principles based on assisting industry in meeting Tourism 2020 targets • Categories: environmental, built, transport, enabling • When and how?
AUSTRADE: Investment • Australian Tourism Investment Opportunities Database • Tourism Major Projects Facilitation Service
Export Market Development Grants • Aspiring or current exporters, including those aiming at the inbound tourism market • Up to 50% of eligible export promotion expenses, up to eight grants per eligible applicant • 2013-14 applications now open
Export Market Development Grants Success Story: Sea World Whale Watch
Contacts • Tourism 2020 http://www.tourism2020.gov.au/ • Australian Tourism Investment Opportunities Database www.tourisminvestment.com.au • Tourism Major Project Facilitation Service www.austrade.gov.au/Tourism/Policies/Major-project-facilitation • Export Market Development Grants www.austrade.gov.au/Export/Export-Grants