A tour of African gastronomy - World Tourism Organization
Rear View – Forward View of ATDW@ Enter 2014 - Dublin
1. Rear View – Forward View of ATDW
@ Enter 2014 - Dublin
2. Two key stories to share
A contemplation on what has worked
and what hasn’t in establishing and
evolving the ATDW
A future view on what could be
possible to continue its success
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4. Tourism is a key contributor to the Australian economy
$98 billion in total visitor expenditure,
Nearly 5% of the Australian workforce
6% of Australia’s export value
Australia ranked #11 out of 140 countries when measuring the nation's overall
competitiveness (travel and tourism) against other countries
Australia ranked #2 out of 140 countries when measuring the performance of our
natural resources (in terms of competitiveness)
Australia ranked #137 out of 140 countries when measuring price competitiveness
in the travel and tourism industry
Despite the continuing high value of the Australian $ and the increased number of
emerging destinations becoming active in tourism, international visitors to
Australia grew at 5% in 2012–13 to reach a new record of 6.3 million visitors
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6. 12 Year Partnership
Joint initiative of Tourism Australia and all Australian State and
Territory Government Tourism Organisations
Identified need to establish a national database to market a
comprehensive range of Australian tourism products
Achieves a high quality national database, data
standards, technology to aid content sharing
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