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PAUL JUBB - State President
President's Report
With the recent State election behind us and a Liberal majority Government elected, we can now get on to delivering the Government’s ‘Taking Hospitality to the Next Level’ election policy. Below is a summary of the election policy as announced. Taking Hospitality to the Next Level A re-elected Hodgman majority Liberal Government will boost our investment in the hospitality sector to take it to the next level. The hospitality sector is the backbone of our visitor economy. The industry has gone from strength to strength over the past four years, and we want to see that trend continue. To achieve this, we will invest $1.7 million a year over four years into the industry. This investment not only recognises the invaluable contribution hospitality makes to Tasmania, for locals and visitors alike, but the industry’s continued growth. With this investment we will join forces with the industry leader, the Tasmanian Hospitality Association, to deliver key initiatives including: • Investing $2.8 million into the Great Customer experience • Stop the Coward Punch: legislation and campaign • Support Clubs, sporting clubs and RSLs • Workforce development
Tasmanian Liberals’ Plan The Hodgman Liberal Government recognises that hospitality is one of Tasmania’s greatest competitive strengths. We are committed to continuing to work hard with the industry to take our visitor economy to the next level.
We will make Drysdale a Centre of Excellence for tourism and hospitality training, off the back of our $3.2 million investment. This will reinvigorate Drysdale and produce a new generation of hospitality and tourism workers trained to the latest and best industry standards. We are implementing the recommendations of the Tourism and Hospitality Workforce report we commissioned, including establishing an industry led sub-committee of the TasTAFE Board to develop the annual Tourism and Hospitality Workforce Development Plan. We have also set ambitious new targets through our Building Your Future plan to ensure the continued growth in tourism and hospitality. Our targets include reaching 50,000 tourism-related jobs by 2022, up from the current 37,400 jobs. We also want to increase the average visitor spend by 50 per cent by 2022, and increase the regional dispersal of visitors with the ambition for 70 per cent of all visitors to stay overnight in regional areas during their trip to Tasmania by 2022. Cost Our total funding will be $1.7 million a year for four years
We look forward to working with our members on the above initiatives so be sure to read our regular communication pieces for updates.
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