Mrs MILLER - 2005-08-25
As you should be aware, there is a delegation of travel agents visiting the Northern Territory. They represent four companies that comprise 60% of the inbound tourist market. What assistance have you offered to this delegation to help make the Northern Territory appear more attractive than the other states?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, could I ask the member to actually specify where this delegation is from? We have many delegations and, unless you are specific about where it is from, I cannot really give you the information.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Katherine, do you have that information?
Mrs MILLER: They are a delegation of Australian-based Japanese travel agents.
Ms MARTIN: Madam Speaker, I met with those travel agents, and their partners, last Friday evening. We held a reception in Parliament House and they have already returned to Japan. When I met with them they had been, I believe, to Kakadu and they were visiting other parts of the Northern Territory. I pay tribute to Richard Doyle, who handles connections to Asia for us. He does a great job. He really is involved on a one-on-one level with agents in areas that are key to our inbound market.
I hosted the reception and met with those very important travel agents. They travelled to various parts of the Northern Territory. This follows on from a very significant Japan-based group, Japan-based, who came in last November. They came in from Tokyo, went to Cairns, flew to Uluru, then to Alice Springs, took The Ghan from Alice Springs, stopped in Katherine, did the Gorge and back on The Ghan to Darwin, did Darwin and Kakadu in five days, and were very impressed. It is not necessarily an easy time of the year in November and they really enjoyed it.
It is now forms part of the itineraries coming from those important travel agents like Nippon and Kinetsu, and that is a new itinerary on the market. We are continuing to build on that, and these visits are very important. Again, I pay tribute to Richard Doyle and the commission for the work they are doing. We want to keep that Japanese market strong. That it is why we have the charters going flying into Alice Springs. We have had those four successful charters so far this year, and we are continuing the build on that. One of the exciting things about the charters this year is that it was not just from Tokyo or Osaka as before, but this time from Nagoya this time, so we are expanding where those charters are coming from.
It is good news on the inbound front from Japan.
I am confident we will continue to grow the numbers coming to the Northern Territory, not just to Uluru, which is iconic, but to the rest of the Territory as well.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, could I ask the member to actually specify where this delegation is from? We have many delegations and, unless you are specific about where it is from, I cannot really give you the information.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Katherine, do you have that information?
Mrs MILLER: They are a delegation of Australian-based Japanese travel agents.
Ms MARTIN: Madam Speaker, I met with those travel agents, and their partners, last Friday evening. We held a reception in Parliament House and they have already returned to Japan. When I met with them they had been, I believe, to Kakadu and they were visiting other parts of the Northern Territory. I pay tribute to Richard Doyle, who handles connections to Asia for us. He does a great job. He really is involved on a one-on-one level with agents in areas that are key to our inbound market.
I hosted the reception and met with those very important travel agents. They travelled to various parts of the Northern Territory. This follows on from a very significant Japan-based group, Japan-based, who came in last November. They came in from Tokyo, went to Cairns, flew to Uluru, then to Alice Springs, took The Ghan from Alice Springs, stopped in Katherine, did the Gorge and back on The Ghan to Darwin, did Darwin and Kakadu in five days, and were very impressed. It is not necessarily an easy time of the year in November and they really enjoyed it.
It is now forms part of the itineraries coming from those important travel agents like Nippon and Kinetsu, and that is a new itinerary on the market. We are continuing to build on that, and these visits are very important. Again, I pay tribute to Richard Doyle and the commission for the work they are doing. We want to keep that Japanese market strong. That it is why we have the charters going flying into Alice Springs. We have had those four successful charters so far this year, and we are continuing the build on that. One of the exciting things about the charters this year is that it was not just from Tokyo or Osaka as before, but this time from Nagoya this time, so we are expanding where those charters are coming from.
It is good news on the inbound front from Japan.
I am confident we will continue to grow the numbers coming to the Northern Territory, not just to Uluru, which is iconic, but to the rest of the Territory as well.
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