2019-02-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     12 FEBRUARY 2019


15                        SUSTAINABLE TOURISM STAKEHOLDER REFERENCE GROUP UPDATE
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                               Chief Executive Officer, Brett de Chastel
                                     CEO’s Office

Index                                ECM/ Subject/ Sustainable Tourism

Attachments                          1.    Terms of Reference



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 12 February 2019 providing an update on the Sustainable Tourism
Stakeholder Reference Group.


REPORT
In 2018, Council together with Tourism Noosa, convened the Sustainable Tourism Stakeholder
Reference Group. The purpose of this report is to provide Council with an update on the
activities of that Reference Group.

1.                        BACKGROUND
Over the last few years, Noosa has experienced a significant boom in tourism with increased
visitation. Some concerns have been raised about whether that increase in tourism visitation is
impacting on local lifestyle. To address those concerns, Noosa Council and Tourism Noosa
together convened the Sustainable Tourism Stakeholder Reference Group which met for the first
time on 27 March 2018.

The intention of the Sustainable Tourism Stakeholder Reference Group was to bring together a
range of representatives from the business, community and environment sectors to identify and
consider issues of concern. The membership of the Sustainable Tourism Stakeholder Reference
Group is as follows:
                       Tourism Noosa – Chair and Deputy Chair
                       Noosa Council – Mayor and Cr Jackson
                       State Member - Sandy Bolton
                       Zero Emissions Noosa – Vivien Griffin
                       Hastings Street Association – Jan Sinclair
                       CCIQ Noosa – Michael Tarrant
                       Noosa Residents and Ratepayers Association – Sue Kingston
                       Noosa Parks Association – Michael Gloster
                       Noosa Community Biosphere Association – Darren Walters
                       Noosa Junction Association – Judi Lalor
                       Noosaville Business Association – Jim Lloyd
                       Cooroy Area Residents Association – Rod Ritchie
                       Heart of Pomona – Brian O’Connor


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