Sustainable Tourism Accreditation

Sustainable Tourism Accreditation is the Australian tourism industry’s largest and longest-running sustainability program, with more than 3,000 participating businesses. Accreditation incorporates sustainability across environmental, cultural, social and commercial business practices.

STAR Ratings Accreditation

Star Ratings Accreditation – Star Ratings logo signifies properties that hold themselves up to the independent standards of Star Ratings scheme in Australia. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation

Accessible Tourism Assessment & Accreditation

Accessible Tourism – This program has been developed in consultation with leading accessible tourism experts, TravAbility, the Accessible self-assessment module aims to not only identify those that meet a specific standard in accessible facilities, but which can also provide accessible traveller with the information they need to make a travel decision that is right for their individual needs. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation & Sustainable Tourism Accreditation

EcoStar Accreditation

EcoStar Accreditation – EcoStar Accreditation is a program to assist businesses in achieving environmental sustainability and to recognise a business’s commitment to environmental management. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation & Sustainable Tourism Accreditation

Online Trade Distribution

Online Trade Distribution will encourage businesses to ensure they are meeting best practice standards relating to digital experience of the customer throughout the visitor journey. It will develop businesses to better understand the impacts of digital on their current operations and encourage a high level of understanding of digital marketing, distribution and technology, allowing them to be fast followers in terms of adoption of new technologies. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation & Sustainable Tourism Accreditation

International Trade Distribution

International Trade Distribution will assist businesses to identify appropriate markets, develop their product to meet their target market’s needs and expectations and to implement business practices required to work within the travel distribution system. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation, Sustainable Tourism Accreditation & Online Trade Distribution.

International Ready Accreditation

The International Ready Accreditation program recognises business that have appropriate business practices in place to work within the international travel distribution system. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation, Sustainable Tourism Accreditation & Online Trade Distribution.

Risk Management

With a user-friendly interface, a customised Risk Management Plan for your tourism business can be prepared in under an hour. This tool has been built to meet the unique challenges that tourism business operators face. Don't Risk It - is your business prepared? Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation & Sustainable Tourism Accreditation

Risk Management Brochure

Tourism Emissions Reduction

A tool to assist tourism businesses in reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to recognise a business’s commitment to emissions reduction and climate action. Prerequisite: Sustainable Tourism Accreditation

Camps & Adventure Accreditation

Camps & Adventure Accreditation is designed for any business that works with the camps and/or adventure activity industries. It ensures that the camping or outdoor experience is conducted in an appropriate manner. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation & Sustainable Tourism Accreditation

Visitor Centre Accreditation

Visitor Centre Accreditation – Visitor Centres that display the yellow on blue italicised ‘i’ sign have achieved certain quality standards in their service provision and operational system. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation & Sustainable Tourism Accreditation

Bike Friendly Business

Australia's first quality assurance program for the burgeoning cycle tourism market. A Tasmanian-based program designed to support all types of tourism and accommodation operators to meet market for bike friendly tourism. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation

Rainbow Tasmania Tourism Accreditation

Designed by the Tasmanian LGBTIQ community, Rainbow Tasmania Tourism Accreditation is a simple tool for operators and their staff wanting to improve their business practices as welcoming and inclusive attractions and workplaces for all. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation

Business Continuity

A self-led business tool that supports businesses to undertake critical thinking on how staff, finances, operations and marketing and communications will be managed in the event of a crisis or major incident. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation

COVID CLEAN Practicing Business & COVID VAXX Practicing Business

The COVID19 Clean Practicing Business Module is designed to provide customised daily, weekly, monthly and annual cleaning checklists to support businesses in their efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to provide an assurance to customers these steps are being taken. The COVID Vaxx Practicing Business is an optional program that can be completed in under 15 minutes via the online Quality Tourism Framework. It has been developed for businesses who want to share and communicate to both customers and staff that they have initiated policies and procedures regarding vaccinations within their workplace. COVID19 Business Recovery The COVID19 Business Recovery Module is designed to support businesses undertake some critical thinking on their current situation and opportunities, as well identify strategies on how the business will respond to the various stages of restrictions being lifted to support the recovery. Prerequisite: Quality Tourism Accreditation