tPast Events in Wildlife Tourism

Past exhibitions, workshops and conferences relating to wildlife tourism

Also see Wildlife Workshops 2007 and 2008

Exhibitions

Adventures in Travel Expo 24-26 November 2006, Sydney, NSW

The Adventures in Travel Expo^TM is the world's largest, and most widely attended series of travel shows focused on the fastest growing travel segment in the world - adventure and active travel. Usually held in USA, a show was held on 24-26 November 2006 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Drive, Darling Harbour, Sydney. WTA was a proud partner in this event. For more information see: www.AdventuresInTravel.com.au

Conferences

Australasian Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (ARAZPA) conference :Taronga Zoo 9-14 March 2008

A number of WTA members advertised their wildlife tourism business or product at Australasia's  biggest conference attracting wildlife enthusiasts and industry professionals - ARAZPA (Australasian Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria)  at Sydney's Taronga Zoo 9-14 March 2008.

For more details on the conference visit www.arazpa.org.au/ARAZPA-Conference/default.aspx

2006 - The 2nd Australian Wildlife Tourism Conference - Fremantle, WA

               The 2nd Australian Wildlife Tourism Conference titled 'Getting Real About Wildlife Tourism' was recently held by WTA in  association with FACET Western Australia on 13-15 August 2006. Click on the link above to find out more

2001 - SWTC Conference - Hobart, TAS

           The 2001 Sustainable Wildlife Tourism Convention was held at the Wrest Point Convention Centre in Hobart, Tasmania on 28-30th October 2001. Find out all about the outcomes of the convention by clicking on the link above

Workshops 

WTA's second annual workshop was held on 17-19 April 2005 at Binna Burra and O'Reilly's Guest House, and featured keynote speaker Bradley Trevor Greive, who launched WTA's Southern Queensland Wildlife Trail   

           Click on the link above  for an overview, outcomes and presentations

The 2003 WTA Inaugural Workshop was held in Adelaide on the 8-9 November and was a great success

A celebration of the wildlife of the Border Ranges region, which boasts the third highest deiversity in Austrlaia. the first in a series of wildlife workshops run jointly by Wildlife Tourism Australia and the Logan and Albert Conservation Association, leading up to the Wildlife Festival in September 2008. Click here for details of this workshop

A series of wildlife workshops sponsored by the Beaudesert Shire Council (now part of Scenic Rim Council) and run jointly by Wildlife Tourism Australia and the Logan and Albert Conservation Association. Click here for details of the workshops that have already been held in 2008. Visit our events page for those yet to come

2008 - WTA display in two events in Beaudesert, Qld

A WTA stand in Rotary's Eco Expo attracted school stuidents and the general public in May 2008 as it had in 2007. Visitors to the stand learned about where they could go to see wildlife on their holidays and how wildlife tourism can be conducted to give quality experiences while minimizing disturbance to wildlife, and evenb contributing positively to conservation. Vice-president Dr Ronda Green also gave a talk on the latter topic on each of the two days

The Araucaria Ecotours bus was used to display the WTA banner and promote the WIldlife Expo to be held in Beaudesert in September 2008 during the Parade of 1000 Hooves through Beaudesert as part of the Horse and Country Festival 2008.

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