November 2024 Newsletter

YTNSW AGM & Xmas Party – 5 December

Get ready for Thursday, December 5, 2024, with the YTNSW Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 3:30 p.m., followed by a fabulous Christmas get-together from 5:30 p.m. at the Keg & Brew Hotel (26 Foveaux St, Surry Hills).

RSVP for the AGM here (members-only event – limited places available).

Book your ticket to the Christmas party here.
Cost: $30 members; $40 non-members – includes a cocktail on arrival, shared platters and canapes. Cash bar available. Huge cheers to our industry partners who are proudly sponsoring the Christmas party – Booking.com & ResPax.

Adventure Tourism Awards winners

Massive congratulations to Adventure Queensland for putting on the Australia & New Zealand Adventure Tourism Awards, and a Youth Tourism Conference preceding this on 7 November 2024. It was great to see the industry get together again to celebrate our successes – bravo to all the finalists and winners; check them out here. 

BYTAP update

Congratulations to Peta Zietsch on being elected Chairperson of the Backpacker & Youth Tourism Advisory Panel (BYTAP). And enormous appreciation to outgoing Chairperson Wendi Aylward for her tireless advocacy for the industry in the role, for which in no small part she was recognised as the Industry Legend of the Year 2024 at the recent Adventure Tourism Awards. Welcome too, to new members on the Panel, Alex Hill (representative from Youth Tourism Victoria), Adam Ogle and David ‘Thommo’ Thomson. Immense thanks go to the Panel for volunteering for the greater good of the industry. YTNSW is proud to support BYTAP – read their Annual Report 2023-24 here. 

To get further information on anything to do with YTNSW, don’t hesitate to get in touch – contact@youthtourismnsw.org.au

Thanks for your support and contribution to growing the youth tourism industry in New South Wales & the ACT. We would also like to give a special thanks to Allsopp Bunting Insurance for their ongoing support of YTNSW and the industry.