Tourism industry resources
We support our tourism industry with a range of helpful resources to position Queensland as a world-leading tourism destination.
Accessible tourism
Making your tourism business accessible is not only the right thing to do, it makes good business sense. Create a welcoming environment that everyone can access and enjoy to the fullest.
Sustainable tourism
Sustainability is essential to the future success of every tourism business. The Sustainable tourism toolkit has clear and simple advice to help tourism businesses become more sustainable.
Video: Townsville resort turns water fail into eco-success
Business owners Fiona and Martin Lidgett explain how a water fail in their first week of owning their business led to them building a wetland and a reverse osmosis system.
Learn how Queensland businesses take climate action.
Queensland tourism business financial and wellness support
Complete the Tourism Business Health Check to understand and improve your business resilience.
Small business financial counsellors and rural financial counsellors provide free support to help tourism operators who have been impacted financially.
Wellness coaches provided personalised, one-on-one support for business challenges, needs, and opportunities.
Tourism disaster planning and recovery
Tourism organisations and operators can learn how to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a disaster or crisis.
Prepare your tourism and hospitality business for disasters
Access disaster support and assistance to help your tourism business recover after a disaster. Visit natural disaster assistance for information on disaster grants after severe weather.
Help your region recover quickly using these natural disaster response steps and messages.
Keep Queensland tourists safe with these visitor safety tips, including information on what to do, who to call, and where to go before, during, and after a disaster.
Visitor safety tips resources
Print and display the visitor safety tips in your business or venue:
Next generation tourism planning
The next generation tourism planning guideline provides a framework and guidelines that enable the efficient delivery of tourism development.
Developed in consultation with government, stakeholders and industry, the guideline is applicable to a broad range of tourism projects and relevant to all regions and local government areas across Queensland. It provides guidance on:
- planning for tourism and tourism development
- incorporating planning into Queensland's statutory planning framework.
Best practice guide for working with First Nations tourism in Queensland
To strengthen the relationship between Indigenous Australia and Queensland's tourism industry, the Queensland Tourism Industry Council has produced a best practice guide for working with First Nations tourism in Queensland (PDF, 2.7MB).
This guide provides a practical framework for recognising people and places, safeguarding intellectual property rights and cultural protocols, and respecting Indigenous heritage. It contains essential resources and protocols for engaging with First Nations peoples in the tourism sector.
More information
- The Queensland Tourism Awards recognise the outstanding achievements of the state's tourism industry, including individuals, businesses, and events.
- Learn how you can use storytelling to attract visitors to your tourism business (PDF, 7MB).