TICT has a formal nomination process for both of the Individual Award categories. Nominations for the 2024 awards are closed.

Tasmanian Tourism Champion

The Tasmanian Tourism Champion is the Tasmanian tourism industry’s highest individual honor.

This award is conferred each year by Tourism Industry Council Tasmania to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the Tasmanian tourism industry through their investments, leadership, advocacy, professional, or voluntary service.

2024 Tasmanian Tourism Champions, Tim & Jane Parsons

The 2024 Tasmanian Tourism Champions are Tim and Jane Parsons.

This year’s recipients are Tim and Jane Parsons – iconic figures in Tasmanian agritourism and owners of the award-winning Curringa Farm, which just celebrated 40 years of operation.

Tim and Jane have been pivotal in promoting both Tasmanian and Australian tourism. Their contributions have ranged from local initiatives to international marketing efforts, and they’ve both sat on several local, state and even international industry-representative bodies.

Tim and Jane have proven themselves to be true champions of Tasmanian tourism. Their combined expertise, generosity and innovative spirit not only enhances the Tasmanian tourism experience but also inspires a sustainable, community-focused future for the sector.

The Honour Roll of Tasmanian Tourism Champions celebrates the visionaries, the agitators, the entrepreneurs, the creators, and drivers, who have together created a modern tourism industry to be proud of.

Check out the Honour Roll here.

Tourism Minister’s Young Achiever

Each year as a part of the Tasmanian Tourism Awards, Tourism Industry Council Tasmania invites Tasmania's Minister for Tourism to recognise an outstanding young achiever in our industry.

The Tourism Minister’s Young Achiever is awarded to an exceptional emerging business leader, entrepreneur, or tourism professional, aged under 35-years, from across the Tasmanian tourism industry.

Many past recipients of this award have gone on to shape the Tasmanian tourism industry in very significant ways.

2023 Tourism Minister's Young Achiever, Anna Terry

The 2024 Tourism Minister's Young Achiever is Emily Elmer

This year’s recipient, Emily Elmer, epitomises everything this award is about.

At just 26 years-of-age, Emily has established her business, Younique Stays, which manages more than 100 short-stay properties on the east coast.

In the last financial year alone, she employed 31 staff, hosted more than 17,000 nights’ accommodation, was a finalist in two categories of the Telstra Business Awards and won an Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Award.

Emily is an active contributor to the industry and her local community whether it’s by making charitable donations or volunteering her time to local groups and causes.

In just over three years, she has forged a new path in east coast Tasmanian tourism for the benefit of the whole industry and the many communities her business serves.

Tourism Minister’s Young Achievers:

TICT has a formal nomination process for both of these Individual Awards. To learn more, please click here Tamanian Tourism Champion and here for Tourism Minister's Young Achiever.