Wildlife Tourism Australia (WTA) is a not-for-profit incorporated association representing tourist operations, educators, researchers, businesses, and societies that support sustainable wildlife tourism in Australia.
** NEWS **
The report of our conference Wild Tails: the Value of Story-telling and other Quality Interpretation in Wildlife Tourism is now available for viewing and free download
Call for papers for the 2026 conference Wildlife Tourism Fighting Extinction deadline is 31 May
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Minimal-impact Wildlife viewing
We are working with the Biodiversity Working Group within IUCN’s TAPAS in developing a compendium of guidelines for minimal-impact wildlife-viewing guidelines for tour guides and tourists throughout the world
WTA welcomes new members and research projects.
See the code of conduct for our members.
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- Wildlife experiences around Australia and beyond
- Research and general literature
- How to tread lightly and avoid any harm to wildlife and their habitats when traveling
- Information on wildlife and their habitats
- Discussion of issues
- Coming events
- Reports of past conferences and workshops
- Good-practice wildlife interpretation
- Tourism and conservation,
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Wildlife Tourism Australia is a member of Ecotourism Australia and of Protect The Bush Alliance. It is also represented on the interpretation working group of the National Geotourism Strategy WE are also in the process of becoming piercers with Interpretation Australia
* * Coming Events * *
Next WTA conference (27-30 October) 2026, at Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria: “Wildlife Tourism Fighting Extinction.” Registration and Call for Papers now open! An exciting opportunity to discuss ways in which good quality wildlife tourism is already helping, and how it can do so even more in the future.
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Conference in Western Australia, probably September or October 2027. Details TBA later this year
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Wildlife webinars: Information on wildlife to be seen near Brisbane, Future webinars are postponed, to start again late in 2027
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Please also visit: Coming-events for WTA events and other events relevances to wildlife tourism
Recent events
Conference. Wild Tails: the Value of Story-telling and other Quality Interpretation in Wildlife Tourism. Hastings Point, NSW 5-7 November 2024 * Downloadable Report now available *
Wildlife Tourism workshop associated with Indonesia/Australia Geofest, Sydney, July 2024
Download a detailed report on our 2022 conference here: “Wildlife tourism assisting wildlife: making it really happen!”
See also:
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