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T-QUAL Grants

About T-QUAL Grants

T-QUAL Grants is a competitive merit-based grants program aimed at stimulating sustainable economic growth in the Australian tourism industry.

By providing matched funding to large and small-scale tourism projects, the program aims to increase Australia's supply of quality tourism products and experiences.

The program actively encourages private sector investment in the development of Australia's tourism industry products, services and experiences. It is underpinned by the National Long-Term Tourism Strategy and Tourism 2020. All projects funded under the program must align with Tourism 2020 priorities.

T-QUAL Grants are administered by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and are offered in two separate programs:

  • Strategic Tourism Investment Grants—funding for up to $1 million to support a small number of larger scale projects to support Indigenous tourism, economic development and tourism employment.

  • T-QUAL Grants—Tourism Quality Projects—funding of between $15,000 and $100,000 for smaller-scale projects to support collaborative tourism industry development projects, particularly those which stimulate private sector investment.

Other support for the tourism industry

Tourism grants are just one form of support available to build industry resilience, productivity and quality.  

You can access a wide range of other resources developed through Tourism 2020 to support the tourism industry. These include:

Other Australian Government programs target small businesses including:

  • Enterprise Connect—which provides tailored business advisory services for small and medium sized businesses, including tourism businesses.
  • Business.gov.au—a whole of government service providing information on planning, starting and growing businesses.

Related pages

More information

For more information about the T-QUAL Grants program:
Email: tqualgrants@ret.gov.au 

Phone: 02 6243 7604 (Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm AEST)

Post:
T-QUAL Grants
Tourism Division
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
GPO Box 1564
Canberra ACT 2601

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