Nature-based Tourism Strategy Presentation & Feedback Tarnya - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Tarnya Van Driel, Manager Business Partnerships Tim Hall, Manager Parks and Sustainable Landscapes Eyre Peninsula Adelaide 17 May 2019 Session # 5

Nature-based Tourism Strategy Presentation & Feedback

Introduction

Presenter: Bob Delaine, Friends of Southern Eyre Peninsula Parks

Background to the journey so far….

VISITOR EXPENDITURE: NATURE

NATURE-BASED TOURISM IS CONTRIBUTING

$1.3b

To year ending December 2018, tourism contributed $6.8 billion dollars to the South Australian economy and $1.3 billion of that contribution is attributed to nature-based tourism expenditure. By 2020, nature-based tourism expenditure will inject $350 million each year into the South Australian economy. SATC Reporting Sources: International and National Visitor Survey, Tourism Research Australia, Canberra; State Tourism Satellite Accounts 2016-17, Tourism Research Australia, Canberra; Survey

• f Tourist Accommodation June 2016, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra.

TOURISM JOBS

TOURISM IS SUPPORTING

36,000

JOBS

36,000 South Australians are directly employed in tourism. SATC Reporting Sources: International and National Visitor Survey, Tourism Research Australia, Canberra; State Tourism Satellite Accounts 2016-17, Tourism Research Australia, Canberra; Survey of Tourist Accommodation June 2016, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra.

Conservation Community Economy Nature- based tourism

Stage 1 Expression of interest (EOI) Oct 2017 3 months Stage 2 Request for proposal (RFP) Closed 31 July 2018 Stage 3 Engagement Offer to negotiate commenced October 2018 Stage 3 Stage 1 Stage 2

Activating Nature-based Tourism in South Australia

Stage 1

• 1. 18 nature based tourism NBO
• pportunities released October 2017
• 2. Expression of Interest closed 31 January

2018

• Over 40 EOI for 14 of the 18 opportunities

(accommodation, dining and adventure)

• The State Government March 2018

election commitment

The State Government March 2018 election commitment

• Investigate partnerships to drive nature

based tourism activities in South Australia’s national parks and support regional economies.

• The focus is on ecologically sensitive

development and opportunities that are sustainable and in harmony with SA National Parks objectives.

• The Department for Environment and

Water (DEW) aims to promote nature- based and ecologically sensitive business opportunities in South Australia National Parks and Reserves.

Nature-based Tourism: New Business Opportunities

Stage 2 RFP

• Over 40 proponents – private sector

invited to submit more detailed proposals for 13 opportunities.

• Proposals closed 31 July 18 -

‘must strike a balance between conservation, economic development, creating jobs’