Tourism Operators and Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) In Australia

Running Head: TOURISM OPERATOR AND DESTINATION MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONS (DMOS) IN AUSTRALIA 1
Tourism Operators and Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) In Australia
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Executive summary
Predicting future events, contemporary issues, and trends that might impact the tourism sector is
not the exact science. The ideas presented in this paper illustrates that contemporary issues
on Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) and tour operators in Australia, including
ways in which operators and DMOs are adjusting their activities and offerings in response. The
contemporary issue in tourism in Australia is presented in this paper to be one of the most
significant yet misunderstood phenomena in the region in the present times. This presentation
analyzes different contemporary issues that affect different experiences of people with tourism
product in Australia. Besides, this research paperwork aims at investigating different practices
that tourism operators always undertake with the objective of evaluating the experience of
tourism while basing the assessment of tourism in Australia as the case investigation. The
presentation reports that tourism sector in Australia has often been criticized for its lack of
strategic direction, specifically in relation to planning and policy.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Practices of tour operators...............................................................................................................5
Contemporary issues that influence experience with tourism product in Australia........................5
Technological advancement.........................................................................................................6
Advanced environmental awareness............................................................................................7
Increased security in Australia.....................................................................................................8
Practices operators undertake in evaluating the tourist experience the assessment
is based on tourism in Australia as a case study..............................................................................8
Ways in which operators and DMOs are adjusting their activities and offerings in response
contemporary issues influencing the experience with the tourism product.....................................9
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
It has been witnessed in several states around the global community, the Australian tourism
industry faces or has faced considerable challenges, specifically over the past decade. The spin-
off effects of instances of terrorism, political unrest, instances of natural disaster, together with
pandemic disease in the area, coupled with shortages of skilled labor, together with the urgent
need to address changes in climate (Caldicott & Scherrer, 2013). Besides, other issues that have
affected the sector in the region include environment management together with sustainable
development that has all taken their toll on the growth as well as viability of the Australian
tourism industry. Moreover, in Australia, rates of interest rises as the slowing economy tend to
force further pressure on the already besieged tourism industry. Furthermore, travel along with
tourisms sector that includes tourism operators and Destination Management Organizations
(DMOs) in Australia have been one of segments that have take on changes at extremely large
level (Kvidal-Røvik, 2017). It is evident that these features put its immense influence on business
actions of travel with tour organizations. It is impressive that posses the great height of bearing
with social and shifts in technological. In this research paperwork, the whole lot of consideration
focuses on identification of current trend in tourism operators and Destination Management
Organizations (DMOs) in Australia (Viana, Halpern, & Gaines, 2017). Therefore, principal
objective of this examination is to analyze contemporary issues influencing the experience with
the tourism product and to investigate different practices operators undertake in process of