Indigenous tourism boom in NSW
More than 800,000 people spent $3.2 billion on Indigenous cultural tourism in New South Wales last financial year.
In the 2023-24 financial year, 801,900 people participated in an Aboriginal tourism experience, Tourism Research Australia has revealed.
The growth, with almost 290,000 domestic visitors in that number, has seen the number of NSW Indigenous businesses licensed to conduct tours in national parks increase from 10 to 26 since in the last two years.
The NSW government aims to increase visitor expenditure across the state to $91 billion per year by 2035.
State Tourism Minister John Graham said there were a number of attractions that could be promoted.
“Those are things like our incredible food and beverage offerings, outdoor and adventure tourism, some of the festivals or incredible outback festivals that you can attend, or the Indigenous cultural heritage,” he told the ABC.
“All of those are on offer right across NSW, including in inland NSW.”