Supporting Sustainability Experiences
Council continues to explore and support local innovation in providing new ways that residents and visitors interact and experience our spectacular natural environment. There are emerging and best practice ways to interpret, appreciate and learn about our natural environment and sprawling biodiversity that we have to offer, without compromising the natural environment. Council encourages local businesses to explore these diverse opportunities that lean into tourism as a tool to provide educational, impactful experiences that benefit people, place and planet.
Types of Tourism Experiences
Exploring New Eco Experience Offerings
If you would like to increase environmental stewardship and conservation in the local environment and community, there are a range of opportunities available to start on your journey. This may include:
- looking into the sustainability of your business with a range of programs
- learning how to provide quality sustainability experiences for customers through experiences and guiding
Providing Best Practice Guiding and Education on Nature
Want to become a best practice tour guide?
Tour guiding is a rewarding and fascinating way to tell stories and work. It’s also a great way to diversify your business or a flexible career option and may be a new product you offer as an individual or business.
There are many places to explore in Townsville. Having the right qualifications and training will build resilience and environmentally conscious processes in your tours and trails. Ecotourism is a business model that follows best practice global standards.
Read the Australian Tourism Export Council’s How to become a Tour Guide.
No tour guide experience?
The Tour Guides Australia Council offer the following:
There are a range of courses available to gain new skills and qualifications in guiding.
Have some guiding experience? Become an EcoGuide!
Savannah Guides offer training to become a nationally recognised EcoGuide.
This is for people with some prior guiding experience and will enhance your skills and experiences:
