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WTA - the past 10 years

Ronda Green, Chair2012

The beginnings

“The Sustainable Wildlife Tourism Convention in Hobart,Australia in 2001, hosted jointly by Tourism Tasmania and

STCRC, brought together a range of mainly Australianstakeholders to discuss diverse issues relating to sustainable

development of wildlife tourism and its integration withconservation and generated recommendations. Planning began to

create a national organisation to represent zoos, sanctuaries,wildlife parks and other wildlife operators around Australia to

further the recommendations of the conference.”

(STCRC)

So, we started ….

So, we started ….

AWTAG

So, we started ….

AWTAG:AustralianWildlifeTourismActionGroup

Tonia Cochran

Ronda Green

Mark Edwards

Stuart Lennox

Karen Higginbottom

and admin officer ChelseaNorthrope

AWTAG

Wildlife Tourism Australia

AWTAG

Wildlife Tourism AustraliaIncorporated in 2012

Ecotours

• Nature-based tours

• Other tours

• Zoos and wildlifeparks

• Eco-lodges

• Hunting and fishing

A sample of activities since then

DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES, POLICIESAND BEST PRACTICE

A sample of activities since thenWEBSITE AND NEW LOGO

A sample of activities since then

2003 WILDLIFE TOURISM AUSTRALIAINAUGURAL WORKSHOP

NOVEMBER 8-9, 2003Hosted by:Warrawong Earth Sanctuary and Cleland WildlifePark, Adelaide Hills, South Australia

A sample of activities since then

LAUNCH OFADELAIDE’sWILDLIFETRAIL

A sample of activities since then2nd NATIONAL WORKSHOP

WILDLIFE TOURISM AND CONSERVATION:THE PERFECT MARRIAGE?

APRIL 17-19, 2005

Hosted by:Binna Burra Mountain Lodge andOíReillyís Rainforest GuesthouseSouthern Queensland

A sample of activities since thenLAUNCH OF THESOUTHERN QLD WILDLIFETRAIL

A sample of activities since thenLAUNCH OFTASMANIA’S WILDLIFETRAIL

A sample of activities since thenThe 2nd Australian Wildlife Tourism Conference

GETTING REAL ABOUT WILDLIFE TOURISM

Fremantle, Western Australia on 13-15 August 2006.

Hosted by Wildlife Tourism Australia (WTA) andFacet (Forum Advocating Cultural and Eco-Tourism)

A sample of activities since thenBEAUDESERT WORKSHOP SERIES

A series of Wildlife Workshops were held in2008, organised by:

•Wildlife Tourism Australia•Logan and Albert Conservation Assocation(LACA)

Funded by:•Beaudesert Shire Council, Queensland

A sample of activities since thenBEAUDESERT WORKSHOP SERIES

A series of Wildlife Workshops were held in2008, including:

•Amateur Naturalists•Wildlife Tourism•Wildlife on Private Lands

A sample of activities since thenSEPTEMBER 2008

The first Wildlife Festival of its kind in AustraliaA month-long celebration of our wildlifeincluding two full days of Wildlife Expo.

Organzied and run by:

Wildlife Turism Australia

Logan and Albert Conservation Association

Our current Facebook ‘likers’Australia 242

Our current Facebook ‘likers’

United States of America 118India 150Australia 242

Our current Facebook ‘likers’

Canada 30Brazil 31Malaysia 31Indonesia 34Argentina 46New Zealand 104Mexico 109USA 118India 150Australia 242

…cont.

Our current Facebook ‘likers’

Denmark 4South Africa 5Germany 7France 8Italy 9Taiwan 15Chile 17United Kingdom 18Costa Rica 22Ecuador 30

Last week’s Facebook reach

Other Social Online Media

And now ….