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Latest backpacker stats revealed
The latest IVS (International Visitor Survey) have been released by Tourism Australia. The backpacker sector has been analysed and looks like this. Arrivals in September quarter: Down 5.5% to 2017 […]

Don’t let snakes and spiders put you off
Australia’s fauna seems to have a fearsome reputation in other parts of the world, and with our recent spate of shark attacks maybe we shouldn’t be surprised. But it was […]

Au Pairs given short change by Fair Work
A recent ruling by Fair Work will likely result in au pairs moving to the miscellaneous award. This decision is threatening the future of the au pair industry, and the […]

BYTAP banging the drum for the backpacker industry
The Backpacker Youth Tourism Advisory Panel (BYTAP) got together recently to strategise about how to best support efforts to increase backpacker visitation to Australia. BYTAP is an industry body that […]

ATV gets active in Victoria
Adventure Tourism Victoria (ATV) has been recently created due to the gap in representation for youth focused organisations at Government level. In recent years Victoria has not had an industry […]