Draft Tourism Strategy 2013-2018 (PDF - 2.9MB) - City of Whittlesea

AcronymsVFR – Visiting Friends and RelativesEDU – Economic Development UnitWPVTA – Whittlesea and Plenty Valley Tourism AssociationWCHA – Whittlesea Courthouse AssociationVIC – Visitor Information CentreTSO – Tourism Services OfficerBUG – Bicycle Users GroupReferencesBacker, E, 2007, VFR Travel – An examination of the expenditures of VFR travellers and their hosts.Current Issues in Tourism 10 (4) 366-377.City of Whittlesea, 2012, Annual Household Survey, p.p 24-35Data Insights, 2012, VFR Travel to Melbourne year ended December 2011Essential Economics, 2002, City of Whittlesea Tourism Development StrategyForecast.id, 2010, city of Whittlesea Population Forecasts, accessed 18 September 2012Gartner, W.C, 1996, Tourism Development: principles, processes and policiesGawler Visitor Information Centre (n.d), The Social & Cultural Impacts of Tourism, pp.1-2Tourism Queensland, 2010, How Tourism Benefits Communities, accessed 30 August 2012Tourism Research Australia, 2012, Tourism’s Contribution to the Australian Economy, 1997-98 to 2010–11, p.7Tourism Research Australia, 2012, Travel by Australians March 2012 – Quarterly Results of the National Visitor Survey, p.4Tourism Victoria, 2013, Economic Contribution of Tourism to Victoria 2011-12Tourism Victoria, 2011, Melbourne – Market Profile Year Ending December 2010, p.1Tourism Victoria, 2011, Victoria’s Cycle Tourism Action Plan 2011-2015, pp.9-13World Tourism Organization. 1995. UNWTO technical manual: Collection of Tourism Expenditure Statistics (PDF). p. 14.Photos courtesy of Philip O’Brien and Marshall Dwyer.City of Whittlesea | Tourism Strategy 2014-2019 43