The course aimed to improve sustainability in the tourism sector, develop linkages between tourism professionals in Indonesia and Australia, enhance business planning and tourism management and contribute to economic growth in the selected provinces. The learning objective of the course was to equip the participants with core understanding of sustainable tourism, challenges of sustainable tourism, role of community, key drivers that enable and limit tourism, relationship of economic growth and developing integrated tourism business and marketing strategies.
The Short Course saw 24 Indonesian participants from government departments and private enterprise complete a 12 week short course. The course enabled participants to share their experiences with Australian experts, network with fellow participants and learn from guest speakers and mentors through presentations, tours and interviews.
