Australia’s visitor economy needs a workforce with the right skills so it can meet the needs of domestic and international visitors. The THRIVE 2030 strategy identified workforce shortages as a great barrier to industry recovery. To overcome this, governments and industry will work together towards building a workforce that is:
The Workforce and Skills Working Group will support Austrade to identify new mechanisms and improvements to existing programs and activities. This is to attract, train, and retain a world-class visitor economy workforce. The group will provide advice from industry and government to:
An Austrade secretariat will support the working group.
Download the Workforce and Skills Working Group Terms of Reference (DOCX 55.4KB).
Membership is a cross-section of industry and government expertise from the visitor economy. Members were selected for their industry expertise. They are based across Australia:
Representatives from relevant Commonwealth agencies are:
Representatives from state and territory governments are:
THRIVE 2030 Workforce and Skills Technical Working Group Final Report
Workforce and Skills Technical Working Group 12-month Status Report (DOCX 934 KB)
Read the THRIVE 2030 strategy
Email VisitorEconomy@austrade.gov.au
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