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Specialisation Ratio for these two sectors shows just how important tourism is to
Noosa’s overall economic wellbeing (refer Table below).

TABLE 4: INDUSTRY OF EMPLOYMENT, NOOSA (S) LGA AND QUEENSLAND, 2016
    INDUSTRY                   NOOSA (NUMBER) NOOSA (%) QLD (%)                    SPECIALISATIO
                                                                                   N RATIO

    Retail Trade                             2,891           14.4           9.9                    1.45

    Accommodation and                        3,047           15.1           7.4                    2.06
    Food Services
    Total                                    5,938           29.5          17.3
Source: QGSO (2018) Queensland Regional Profiles: Workforce Profile: Noosa (S) LGA



Employment in these two industries also offers a diverse range of skills opportunities.
According to QGSO data, blue collar employment in Retail Trade makes up 16.4% of
that industry’s employment with 83.5% of Retail Trade work being white collar. For
Accommodation & Food Services, 38.3% is blue collar and 61.1% is classier as white
collar.

2.2 Tourism Strategy Noosa 2017-2022
The Tourism Strategy Noosa 2017-2022 (Tourism Strategy) document, prepared by
Tourism Noosa, provides an overarching vision to the ongoing sustainable
development of the industry in Noosa. The Tourism Strategy is driving towards Noosa
being “recognized as Australia’s most relaxing, desired and sustainable tourism
destination” (p. 3). In doing so, it has four strategic priorities:
•    Engaging Marketing;
•    Outstanding Events;
•    Empowering Industry and Product Development; and
•    Elevate Sustainability.
Expanding the region’s capacity to attract and service the backpacking segment
(including the broader adventure tourism cohort) is an important element towards the
achievement of these strategic priorities.
While the region’s strengths are widely acknowledged (see for example page 7 of the
Tourism Strategy), making the most of these attributes requires concerted effort to




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