Tourism Australia has announced that the Gold Coast will host the annual Australian Tourism Exchange for the first time next year.
CEO of Gold Coast Tourism Martin Winter described the event as “the single largest opporunitiy in 2016 for the city and our tourism industry to showcase itself to key influencers of the global travel industry.”
Managing director of Tourism Australia John O’Sullivan agreed that the choice was fitting, given the country’s current emphasis on “aquatic and coastal experiences” within tourism.
Dates for ATE 2016 will follow shortly.