Tourism Accommodation and Training

About the Inquiry

The commission was asked to report on tourism accommodation and tourism training arrangements. In particular it was asked to report on:

• the structure and competitiveness of Australia’s tourist accommodation providers and associated services, including an identification of strengths and weakness, drawing on international comparisons where appropriate;
• impediments to access to capital for industry investment;
• the appropriateness and adequacy of existing training facilities and programs and how these could be improved;
• local cost structures and how they compare with competing destinations;
• the effect of industrial awards and agreements on costs and flexibility;
• the impact of institutional, regulatory and taxation measures of governments;
• the level and effectiveness of any government support measures for tourism accommodation and training;
• any measures which could be taken to remove impediments or otherwise contribute to the long term development of the tourism accommodation sector and tourism training needs, and the identification of groups who would benefit from or be disadvantaged by such measures.