Tourism plays a significant part in Australia’s economy, contributing 3.2% to GDP and 4.9% to employment in 2016–17. Tourism’s contribution to national GDP has been growing steadily over the past few years, outpacing the performance of the wider economy. In 2016-17, the tourism sector directly contributed $55 billion to GDP and employed 598,200 Australians.
Synergies has an active practice in tourism economics. Our expertise in the sector includes tourism infrastructure business cases, evaluation of government tourism programs, economic impact analysis of tourism projects, assessment of regulatory ‘red tape’ relating to tourism, visitor sentiment analysis, and labour market analysis. We have also advised governments on public-private investment strategies to promote tourism as a means of funding conservation in national parks and other public reserves.
