Welcome to the Tourism Roundtable Resource Page

Here, you’ll find everything you need to get ready for the Tourism Roundtable Forum, explore national, state and regional strategies plus our facilitation theme resources.

The materials include our Must Reads — essential resources that provide context, data and fresh perspectives across the region — as well as your selected Themes, which outlines the priority areas identified during the facilitated discussions.

Credit: 5 Foot Photography, Davey Barber for VisitCanberra

MUST READS

24-Hour Economy

Night-time activation, safety, cultural vibrancy, hospitality, events, licensing challenges.

Communication & Connectivity

Digital infrastructure, signage, wayfinding, including multi-language, mobile blackspots.

o   Southern Tablelands Tourism Signage Strategy

Branding & Regional Identity

Cohesive marketing across LGAs, collaborative destination branding, local pride, product alignment, cross-LGA storytelling.

o   Southern Tablelands Toolkit

o   Snowies Tourism Toolkit

o   South Coast Tourism Toolkit

Cultural Tourism

Authentic cultural tourism opportunities, capacity building, governance, co-design frameworks.

 

Seasonality & Dispersal

Visitor spread, shoulder seasons, year-round / off-peak / climate adaptation product development, off-peak incentives, sustainable tourism.

o   Great Southern Trails

o   Agri-Tourism

 

Events & Experience Sustainability

Supporting hallmark events, reducing volunteer fatigue/burnout, volunteer management models, how to transition events to paid/staff structures. 

 

Transport & Visitor Linkages

Public transport, regional connections, EV readiness, multimodal options, first/last-mile challenges, or cross-border transit (ACT/NSW).

o   NSW

o   ACT

Investment & Partnerships

Funding, government support, industry collaboration, how to package investment-ready projects, leverage government funding mechanisms.

Workforce

Attraction, training, retention, migration pathways, career pathways for youth, school engagement, apprenticeships, housing/workforce integration.