Australian Standing Committee on Tourism
Last updated:
September 2008
New Zealand is a member of the Australian Standing Committee on Tourism (ASCOT). ASCOT aims to “improve coordination and cooperation of government policies and activities as they affect tourism”.
Committee members are government representatives from each Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory as well as from New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. ASCOT meetings are held once a year.
ASCOT membership gives New Zealand the opportunity to participate in, and learn from, high-level discussion about issues affecting tourism. Recent discussion topics have included: tourism responses to climate change, strategies to address tourism labour and skills shortages, and growing domestic tourism.
ASCOT reports to the Tourism Minister’s Council. The Council provides a forum for discussion of tourism policy matters of mutual interest to the Commonwealth, State, Territory and New Zealand Governments. The New Zealand Minister of Tourism is a member of this Council.
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