The National Sustainability Framework outlines a shared understanding of sustainability in relation to the visitor economy to bring all participants
together behind a consistent approach. It also marks an intention by all tourism ministers to provide leadership and to collaborate on making
the visitor economy more sustainable.
We all know and appreciate the significance of the visitor economy to Australia’s prosperity and well-being, with visitor expenditure including
long-term students reaching $191.4 billion for the year ending 2022-23. In addition to its economic importance, the visitor economy is socially, culturally and reputationally important as it portrays our national identity and influences how others in the world see and engage with us.
It is critical we take action now to make Australia’s visitor economy more sustainable. We must conserve and enhance our environment, culture and heritage for the generations and visitors to come. We must engage with local communities and First Nations people by working together to strengthen, support and grow their local economies sustainably. We need to authentically communicate our actions on sustainability to continue to be a trusted destination and remain globally competitive. As priorities, we must act to decarbonise our visitor economy, and to increase efforts to respectfully recognise and embed First Nations’ cultures and perspectives, with appropriate permission, into the sector’s operations.
It is also important to our international reputation and credibility for visitor economy businesses to play their part in delivering on Australia’s international climate change and environmental protection commitments.
These include achieving our national targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent over 2005 levels by 2030, to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, to protect 30 per cent of our land and oceans by 2030, to accelerate our transition to a circular economy by 2030, and to sustainably manage 100 per cent of ocean areas within our national waters by 2025.
The National Sustainability Framework outlines a shared understanding of sustainability in relation to the visitor economy to bring all participants
together behind a consistent approach. It also marks an intention by all tourism ministers to provide leadership and to collaborate on making
the visitor economy more sustainable.
We all know and appreciate the significance of the visitor economy to Australia’s prosperity and well-being, with visitor expenditure including
long-term students reaching $191.4 billion for the year ending 2022-23. In addition to its economic importance, the visitor economy is socially, culturally and reputationally important as it portrays our national identity and influences how others in the world see and engage with us.
It is critical we take action now to make Australia’s visitor economy more sustainable. We must conserve and enhance our environment, culture and heritage for the generations and visitors to come. We must engage with local communities and First Nations people by working together to strengthen, support and grow their local economies sustainably. We need to authentically communicate our actions on sustainability to continue to be a trusted destination and remain globally competitive. As priorities, we must act to decarbonise our visitor economy, and to increase efforts to respectfully recognise and embed First Nations’ cultures and perspectives, with appropriate permission, into the sector’s operations.
It is also important to our international reputation and credibility for visitor economy businesses to play their part in delivering on Australia’s international climate change and environmental protection commitments.
These include achieving our national targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent over 2005 levels by 2030, to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, to protect 30 per cent of our land and oceans by 2030, to accelerate our transition to a circular economy by 2030, and to sustainably manage 100 per cent of ocean areas within our national waters by 2025.
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