Canberra Region Tourism Awards

The Canberra Region Tourism Awards represent an industry framework for peer recognition which fosters a culture for business development, excellence, and innovation. The Awards have assisted the Canberra Region Tourism Industry for over 30 years in striving for excellence.

The Awards are a submission and inspection-based program and provide the opportunity to publicly acknowledge and showcase the Canberra Region’s finest tourism businesses. The Awards cover categories ranging from attractions, events, tour and transport, accommodation, restaurants, culture, marketing and more.

Winners of the Canberra Region Tourism Awards are announced at a Gala Ceremony, the most prestigious event on the Canberra Region tourism calendar. Following the Awards, select category winners progress to the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards to be judged against finalists from each state and territory.

The Canberra Region Tourism Awards aim to:

Recognise Excellence

Publicly recognise and reward excellence within the industry.

Reinforce our value

Reinforce the value of the tourism industry

Increase publicity

Increase media and publicity of entrants and winners

Provide a benchmark

Provide a benchmark for best practice within the Canberra Region tourism industry

Highlight the region

Highlight the prominence of the Canberra Region in the Australian tourism industry

Improve businesses

Support improved business planning and development for tourism businesses

Provide opportunities

Provide an opportunity for successful entrants to progress to the Australian Tourism Awards and compete on a national level

Increase standards

Encourage the continual raising of standards among tourism operators in the Canberra Region.

Celebrate the industry

Promote an annual platform of celebration for the industry and offer networking opportunities for operators, supporters and sponsors

Recognise Excellence

Publicly recognise and reward excellence within the industry.

Reinforce our value

Reinforce the value of the tourism industry

Increase publicity

Increase media and publicity of entrants and winners

Provide opportunities

Provide an opportunity for successful entrants to progress to the Australian Tourism Awards and compete on a national level

Increase standards

Encourage the continual raising of standards among tourism operators in the Canberra Region.

Celebrate the industry

Promote an annual platform of celebration for the industry and offer networking opportunities for operators, supporters and sponsors

Provide a benchmark

Provide a benchmark for best practice within the Canberra Region tourism industry

Highlight the region

Highlight the prominence of the Canberra Region in the Australian tourism industry

Improve businesses

Support improved business planning and development for tourism businesses

Our other programs

Quality Tourism Framework

The Quality Tourism Framework (QTF) combines Tourism Accreditation, Star Ratings and the Australian Tourism Awards programs into a single pathway for business development.

National Capital Educational Tourism Project

The National Capital Educational Tourism Project is a collaborative marketing project, with the aim of encouraging schools throughout Australia to see the educational benefits of a visit to Canberra.

Become a member

Whether you’re organising an event, marketing one of our great attractions, leading a winery or walking tour, running a hotel, training the next generation of industry staff, or working with one of the other many wonderful products in the Canberra Region, a Membership with NCAA has much to offer you.