Resources to Assist Community Engagement

Tourism Skills Development Guide

The Tourism Skills Development Guide includes useful infosheets and case studies that are relevant to engaging with your community.

Examples include:

• Infosheet 1 What is Tourism, includes information on the benefits of tourism, the different industry sectors and the different organisations involved
• Infosheet 2 Building Queensland's regions, includes information on the structure of the industry, tourism regions and key organisations and their role
• Case Study 6 Cooktown builds on natural assets
• Case Study 20 Regional development on the Darling Downs
• Case Study 24 Beerwar rides on croc star's back

To access these resources visit the Tourism Skills Development Guide.

Working with Communities: A Guide for Tourism Operators

This publication provides tourism operators with simple but effective ideas for working with local communities to achieve mutual benefits, improving social sustainability. The guidelines outline a simple seven step process to assist in establishing values, vision, goals and objectives, targeting relevant community groups, develooping an action plan as well as monitoring and promoting successes in working with commuities. The publication includes 12 case studies from around Queensland that highlight the simple ways in which operators and local governments have embraced their communities to the benefit of their operators.

Download Working with Communities Published copies also available for purchase $25

Engaging Queenslanders: an introduction to community engagement

Developed by Queensland Department of Communities, this resource provides a good understanding of community engagement and effective engagement practices. It defines engagement and levels of engagement, outlines the global trends and drivers for increased community involvement in government planning and decision making, and describes the current state of affairs in Queensland.

Download Engaging Queenslanders or visit their website.