ADOPTION OF DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN · Report

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                   15 DECEMBER 2025


materially alter outcomes.
Inclusivity: Engagement included residents from urban, coastal, and hinterland communities, as
well as youth, seniors, business owners, and visitor-focused stakeholders.

5.6 Outcomes of the Engagement Process
The consultation and engagement process delivered:
Community Alignment: Overwhelming support for a plan focused on regenerative tourism,
environmental protection and resident wellbeing (75% of respondents).
Meaningful Feedback: Direct input shaped key principles, strategies and actions.
Transparency and Accountability: Independent analysis of survey results, consultation feedback
and methodology occurred across both phases of consultation.

5.7 What the Community told us
Over the past three years, Noosa Council conducted two comprehensive community engagement
phases, involving more than 2,300 participants and generating a substantial evidence base:
•   Phase 1: 937 valid data records
•   Phase 2: 1,099 valid data records
Across both phases, consistent themes emerged:
•   Community at the heart.
•   Nature should be protected and restored.
•   Tourism must be limited and better managed, including short-term accommodation (STAs),
    events, day visitation and funding.
•   Improved ways to move around and traffic congestion need solutions.
•   Transparency, trust and accountability must improve.
•   Support for Regenerative tourism, but requires strong limits, clear definitions and measurable
    outcomes.
Young people echoed these priorities, advocating for a future Noosa that is safe, nature-first and
easier to move around in. Across both the long and short survey in Phase 2 on the Draft DMP,
multiple actions received over 80% support and under 10% opposition, representing high confidence
in the direction and actions proposed.

Please see below the below graphs highlighting some key demographics and findings from the data
analysis.




Figure 1 - Per cent of respondents who identify as female, male and non-binary across
both survey instruments. ( n=922)