Tasmanian Tourism Industry Structure

Other tourism-related organisations

• Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI)
  This is Tasmania’s peak business organisation with a statewide membership drawn from all industry sectors. The TCCI provides an extensive range of services to its members and to potential members on a fee for service basis. Financial members of DST receive a complimentary Basic Membership with the TCCI, to help operators access advice in HR, IR, OHS and other specialised areas of business operations.
• Tasmanian Hospitality Association (THA)
  The THA is the peak industry body for hotels, accommodations, restaurants, cafes, caterers, community, sporting and RSL clubs in Tasmania. It is a proactive body that always seeks to advocate for the hospitality sector and ensure Tasmania has a viable and profitable hospitality industry both now and in the future. It provides its membership with a range of services and programs, focusing on workforce development and full industrial relations support and advice.
• Brand Tasmania
  Brand Tasmania is the first statutory place-branding authority to be established in Australia, created under the Brand Tasmania Act 2018. It is responsible for taking a best-practice approach to ensure the Tasmanian brand is strengthened locally, nationally, and internationally and promoted as a key asset of the Tasmanian community.
  • Its mission is to express the unifying story of what is means to be Tasmanian, to help you tell your own stories through the lens of the Tasmanian brand story, and to invite all Tasmanians to be a part of it.
  • Sign up as a Brand Tasmania partner to receive access to their wonderful visual library, brand toolkit and workshops and events.
• Business Events Tasmania (BET)
  BET is the peak organisation for the business events sector in Tasmania.  BET is an incorporated, not-for-profit, membership-based organisation. Its primary role is to market Tasmania nationally and internationally as an ideal destination for business events and to bring business to its members.
• Skål
  Skål is a professional organisation of tourism leaders worldwide, promoting global tourism and friendship. It is the only international group uniting all branches of the travel and tourism industry. It has approximately 22,000 members in more than 500 Skål clubs throughout 90 nations, including a club in Hobart. Its members, the industry’s managers and executives, meet at local, national, regional and international levels to discuss and pursue topics of common interest.
• Women in Tourism & Hospitality Tasmania
  WITH Tas provides support, mentoring and networking opportunities to all women in the tourism and hospitality industry in Tasmania, through hosting events designed to inspire, motivate and inform as well as provide an informal way for new women in our industries to meet and connect with others in a welcoming and supportive environment.
• Arts Tasmania
  Arts Tasmania is the government agency responsible for policy and planning for arts and culture in Tasmania and the development of the arts industry and movable cultural heritage sector. It offers several opportunities and resources to assist businesses working in the sector, including industry development and funding opportunities.
• Heritage Tasmania
  The Tasmanian Heritage Council and Heritage Tasmania, in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, work with the community to identify and protect significant historic heritage places through listings on the Tasmanian Heritage Register. They aim to help people understand, value and celebrate these places and to promote sustainable use and sensitive development so they can be used and enjoyed now and in the future. Heritage Tasmania gives free advice to owners, site managers, and developers.
• Tasmanian Visitor Information Network (TVIN)
  TVIN is a network of Visitor Information Centres strategically located throughout Tasmania that can help promote your product and can also make bookings. TVIN-accredited visitor centres, operating under national guidelines and identified by the blue sign with the yellow “i”, offer high levels of personalised customer service.
  • Hobart’s TVIN is officially known as the Tasmanian Travel & Information Centre (TTIC). It is operated by the City of Hobart, and is located at 20 Davey Street in the city.
• Wine Tasmania
  This peak body for Tasmanian grape growers and winemakers is focussed on building the profile of and market for Tasmania’s premium cool-climate wines. Wine Tasmania is an independent, non-profit organisation financed by its member businesses, with additional funding sourced from corporate sponsors and the Australian and Tasmanian Governments.
• Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC)
  ATEC is a national tourism association representing more than 850 members across Australia, including large national and multi-national companies and small and medium-sized enterprises, many of whom are based in regional and remote parts of Australia. Members include inbound tour operators and online distributors who connect Australian tourism products with vital distribution channels in key overseas markets. Those tourism products include accommodation providers, tour companies, attractions, airlines, cruise lines, transport operators, food and beverage outlets and tourism services, including retail outlets, educational institutions and guiding organisations.

  • One of ATEC’s key roles is to deliver relevant guidelines and tools for businesses seeking to attract international tourists.  Working in the export arena is very different to the domestic market and ATEC offers comprehensive mentoring and training programs designed specifically to bridge the gap between the local market and the global stage.