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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (11 December) . . Page.. 5085 ..

MR HIRD (continuing):

We later met with Ms Jane Turner, Manager of the Sydney Visitor Centre at The Rocks, who provided an overview of the management of the Centre and agreed to consider stocking A.C.T. tourism brochures. I was also able to compare our Visitor Information Centre on Northbourne Avenue with another Visitor Information Centre and I found this exercise useful.

Mr John Allen, Manager, Special Events, Tourism New South Wales also explained the New South Wales Events Strategy which consists of three programs - Major Events, Regional Flagship Events and Sydney Hallmark Events.

We also discussed the fact that the A.C.T. is an "island" within New South Wales so the vast majority of visitors to Canberra travel through New South Wales. This situation means that New South Wales benefits from A.C.T. tourism efforts. The A.C.T. also benefits from tourists travelling through New South Wales but to a much lesser extent.

For this reason Mr Allen expressed an interest in working with the Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation.

I met with representatives from the Australian Capital Region Development Council, Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation, many of the councils in the Australian Capital Region and business people at the exhibition at the Country Embassy.

My last meeting was with officials from the Australian Tourist Commission where the latest trends in overseas marketing were discussed as well as the recent rationalisation of the Commission and the Aussie Specialist Program.

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