This year’s Australia ecotourism conference is set to be held in Alice Springs from 9-11 November.
Said Tony Charters, conference convenor: “At a time when green tourism , experiential tourism and ecotourism is capturing enormous interest from travellers and the industry itself, this Asia-Pacific conference should be an essential part of your professional development plans.”
“Meeting in Alice Springs there can be no better location to provide highly applied and practical examples of regional development, indigenous enterprise, the greening of the industry and partnerships between tourism and protected area managers. As a Solar City and the heart of Desert Knowledge Australia, Alice Springs provides exemplary case studies”
Speakers will include:
• Francisco Dousdebés of Metropolitan Touring
• Oliver Hillel Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Hitesh Mehta Director of HM Design
• Ishwaran Natarajan of UNESCO
• Maree Tetlow of Tourism NT
• Russell Boswell of Savannah Way Ltd
• Grant Hunt of Anthology
Workshops will include:
• EcoDesign;
• EcoMarketing;
• Indigenous Tourism Development;
• Sustainability and Climate Change;
• Technology (off-site).
• Tourism and Protection Through Partnerships; and
• Tourism in Protected Areas
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