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NSW Tourism Awards 2023
Entrants Support
The Australian Tourism Awards and NSW Tourism Awards have always celebrated the hard work and dedication needed to create quality tourism experiences.
ENTRANT WEBINARS
Below you'll find some helpful videos from our 2022 entrant support sessions to help with your submission.
- Information session: First Time Entrants
- Information session: Past Entrants
- Entry writing masterclass: Business Development
- Entry writing masterclass: Marketing
- Entry writng masterclass: Customer experience
- Entry writng masterclass: Responsible Tourism
- Entry writng masterclass: Introduction
- Q & A session #1
- Q & A session #2
What's new in 2023!
The Australian Tourism Awards and NSW Tourism Awards have always been about celebrating the hard work, resilience and dedication made to create quality tourism experiences.
This year’s awards program will see us continue to celebrate excellence, to reward business innovation and exceptional customer service, as well as championing the resilience of our industry.
We are delighted to announce that winners of the Accessible Tourism category in NSW will have an opportunity to enter the Australian Tourism Awards program this year. This is a positive step towards promoting tourism that is inclusive and accessible to everyone.
Qualifying Period
The qualifying period for the 2023 NSW Tourism Awards returns to be one year only, i.e 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM QUESTIONS RETURN
A section on Responsible Tourism will be included in the 2023 NSW Tourism Awards submission. This section will include questions such as:
- How have you considered and progressed your environmental responsibilities during the qualifying period? This question requires you to outline how you have considered and acted on reducing or improving (whichever applied) your overall impact on the environment.
- How have you considered and progressed your social and economic responsibilities during the qualifying period? This question requires you to outline how you have considered and acted on supporting the local community and businesses.
- How have you considered and progressed your ethical responsibilities during the qualifying period? This question requires you to outline how you have considered and acted on your business ethical responsibilities.
Refer to the criteria and questions of individual categories for specific questions.
WORD COUNT
Having reinstated the Responsible Tourism questions, the word count for most categories will be 10,000 words. Refer to the criteria and questions of individual categories for further details.
Scoring
Each submission will be scored on the following elements
- Written submission
- Online review
- Consumer ratings do not apply to some categories, see Rules of Entry for more information
The business verification meeting is NOT scored in NSW.
SUB-QUESTIONS
- Return to sub-questions within the submission.
Refer to the criteria and questions of individual categories for further details.
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ENTRANT RESOURCES
General support
- Rules and regulations A must read!
- Awards Portal user guide
- Portal troubleshooting
- Business Standards user guide
- Business Standards checklist
- Accommodation Standards user guide
- Accommodation Standards Star Ratings checklist
- Image guidelines - updated rules and compliance measures for the image gallery - don't be disqualifying yourself.
- Business Verification Meeting checklist
- Main online review requirements
- Online review requirements - Tourism Marketing & Campaigns
- Online review requirements - Festivals & Events
These resources are intended to help entrants prepare their submission by providing information, guides and tips.
Tourism Insights & Data
- Destination NSW - Stats & Facts
- NSW Visitor Economy Strategy 2030
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- Tourism Australia Statistics market profiles, performance and consumer research.
- Thrive 2030 - the reimagined visitor economy
- Tourism Research Australia (TRA) The economic value of tourism in both international and domestic markets.
draft submission review
Would you like a final, professional set of eyes reviewing your submission before you enter it?
WHAT IS THE DRAFT SUBMISSION REVIEW PROGRAM?
It's a complimentary submission review service provided every year by the NSW Tourism Industry Council in partnership with Destination NSW. The free offer is available to all fully paid entrants of the NSW Tourism Awards. Entrants participating in the Entrant Support Program will have their final draft submission reviewed by tourism specialists in our Entrant Support Partners group, and will receive written feedback in a personalised report which will highlight opportunities for improvement.
DRAFT SUBMISSION REVIEW DEADLINE
3 AUGUST 2023
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