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Supporting Sustainable Tourism in Marine Reserves

Welcome & Housekeeping

Introduce yourself

Workshop Objectives

Tap into your knowledge, experience and creativity to generate ideas that will inform Parks marine tourism work program

• Improvement to Australia’s visitor economy
• High-quality experiences that are engaging and raise awareness of the

natural and cultural values of CMRs

Maximising the Tourism Benefit of Commonwealth Marine Reserves

Parks Australia

Goals

Resilient places and ecosystems Multiple benefits to traditional owners Amazing destinations

Objectives To protect and conserve the natural and cultural values of Commonwealth reserves. To support the aspirations of traditional owners in managing their land and sea country. To offer world class natural and cultural experiences, enhancing Australia’s visitor economy.

Park Australia Goals and Objectives

Vision

Outstanding natural places that enhance Australia’s well-being

Marine Parks in Commonwealth Waters

What can you do in a marine park?

• Managed through management plans
• Multiple use reserves that allow for conservation and

sustainable use

• Zoning (IUCN Ia, II, IV, VI) provides for different levels of

protection and use.

Current status of the Commonwealth Marine Reserves

• 58 reserves managed by the Director of National Parks
• South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network is under

active management

• The reserves outside the South-east are currently managed under

transitional arrangements.

• The Australian Antarctic Division manages the Heard Island and

McDonald Islands Marine Reserve; the Great Barrier Reef is managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Management Planning

Sept – Oct 2016 First statutory public comment period – Notice of Intent (NOI) First quarter 2017 Second statutory public comment period – on draft management plans Second quarter 2017 Plans finalised and tabled in Parliament Mid-2017 Management plans come into effect

2016 Budget

• $56.1 million over four years (to 2019–20) to

support management of Commonwealth marine reserves, including; fisheries adjustment, user engagement and management systems

– Includes opportunities for activating tourism

A world of opportunities, and challenges!

• Transition to a marine estate six times larger than that currently

managed (about 2.7 million km2)

– will reinforce Australia’s position as a world leader – huge potential for promotion

• Key areas for focus

– Adjustment for commercial fishers – Compliance – Research and monitoring – Engaging marine users in management – Activating tourism!

Activating tourism in marine parks

• Two key, complementary, objectives:

– Improving to Australia’s visitor economy – High quality experiences that are engaging and raise awareness of the natural and cultural values of CMRs

• Partnerships are critical
• How do we best do it?

– Marketing (Tourism Australia themes – nature, aquatic and coastal)? – Pick and promote winners? – Something we haven’t thought of yet?

Thank you

Questions?

The Spectrum of Opportunities

Overview

• Marine Park Tourism
• Objectives
• Pilot Projects
• Areas of interest
• Activating new opportunities

Activating tourism in CMRs

• Complementary objectives of:

– Improvement to Australia’s visitor economy – High quality experiences that are engaging and raise awareness of the natural and cultural values of CMRs

Pilot projects

• Coral Sea story-sheets
• Cairns Aquarium Coral Sea

displays

New partnerships

Photo source: Cairns Aquarium website

Cairns Aquarium Coral Sea displays

Coral Sea Storysheets

Areas of interest

Broome Kangaroo Island

Tourism Gateways

Bremer Bay Townsville, Cairns & Port Douglas Exmouth Freycinet/ Bicheno Gippsland Gove Coffs Harbour

Queensland Coral Sea reefs and islands

Coral Sea Marine Reserve

NSW Lord Howe and Norfolk

Lord Howe Marine Reserve Norfolk Marine Reserve

Northern Territory Indigenous tourism & conservation partnerships

Western Australia Ningaloo (Commonwealth waters)

Ningaloo Marine Reserve

Western Australia Bremer Bay

Bremer Marine Reserve

South Australia Kangaroo Island & Great Australian Bight

Great Australian Bight Marine Reserve Western & Southern KI Marine Reserves

Victoria & Tasmania Interpretation and guiding

A spectrum of opportunities

On water On land

Wildlife viewing Snorkelling Diving Charter fishing Scenic Flights Cruising Dry -diving Virtual reality Zoos, museums aquariums Super yachts gaming camping Expedition cruising

New and Expanded experiences Content Generation Supporting systems

Activating Tourism – Key elements

Ongoing Next 3 -4 years Underway and

• ngoing

Next steps

• Research
• Further consultation to

inform detailed design

• Design and roll-out

– Content – Experiences – Supporting systems

• Evaluation

Any Questions?

Marine Tourism in Australia: International and Domestic Trends

In the world Australia is ranked...

International trends

Source: Tourism Australia

Value

Australia’s marine tourism industry had an annual value of $14 billion in 2012

World Heritage sites

Australia’s marine estate is home to some of the world’s most iconic and diverse marine habitats and

• rganisms, and includes several World Heritage listed

areas (the Great Barrier Reef, the Ningaloo coast and Shark Bay)

Growth potential

Over the next decade, the blue economy is set to grow at 7.5 per cent per annum, far outstripping the projected 2.5 per cent growth rate of Australia’s GDP.

Discussion

Morning Tea

Gateways New experiences Partnerships Content

Roving Ideas Storm Instructions

• 4 groups

–Gateways –In park experiences –Experiences outside a park –Partnerships

Best ideas vote

Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

Workshop Gift

• Congratulations!

Lunch