About tourism policies, strategy and reform
How is RET involved?
Other strategies and initiatives
About tourism policies, strategy and reform
The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (RET) works on a range of tourism policy, projects, programs and research to strengthen Australia's tourism industry and to grow Australia's tourism market share in a volatile and competitive global environment.
How is RET involved?
National Long-Term Tourism Strategy
Australia's National Long-Term Tourism Strategy provides the long-term policy framework aimed at maximising the net economic benefit of the tourism industry to the Australian economy.
Tourism 2020
Tourism 2020 was released on 6 December 2011 as an update to the National Long-Term Tourism Strategy.
2020 Tourism Industry Potential
Published in November 2010, the 2020 Tourism Industry Potential is a four page document that explains what a successful Australian tourism industry will look like in 2020.
Tourism Investment
Greater investment in the tourism industry is essential to driving long-term profitability, innovation and growth necessary to achieve the Tourism 2020 goal of increasing overnight visitor expenditure to between $115 to $140 billion by 2020.
Tourism Major Project Facilitation service
The Department has developed a Tourism Major Project Facilitation (TMPF) service for proponents of significant tourism investments. The service provides proponents with a central contact person in the Australian Government to help guide proponents through both Australian and State or Territory Government approvals processes.
Other strategies and initiatives
International engagement
The department works towards enhancing international government-to-government relationships through participation in a range of global forums. This involvement reflects the importance of tourism in international trade and global markets.
Engagement with China
China is a key inbound tourism market for Australia. The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (RET) works in a range of ways to enhance Australia's bilateral tourism relationship with China.
Business events
Business events are a high yielding sector of the tourism industry and include association meetings, incentive travel, corporate meetings, conventions and exhibitions.
International education tourism
Students travelling on a temporary education visa for the purposes of studying in Australia are considered international education visitors. The education tourism niche market is vitally important to Australia's economy.
Medical tourism
Medical tourism is the term used to describe the practice of travelling internationally to obtain or deliver healthcare. The medical tourism industry in Australia is comparatively smaller to the highly competitive global industry, and represents just 0.001 per cent of global medical tourists.