The 2025 North Coast Tourism Symposium and North Coast Regional Tourism Awards will be co-hosted by Byron Council and Destination North Coast NSW on July 31.
Council staff encouraged local tourism businesses to apply for the prestigious awards, which are open until May 9.
‘The North Coast Tourism Symposium is an annual one-day tourism industry event that brings together 14 North Coast local government areas (LGAs) from the Mid North Coast, Port Macquarie-Hastings area all the way up to Byron and Tweed Shires, including Lord Howe Island’.
Mayor, Sarah Ndiaye, said, ‘It’s a wonderful opportunity to highlight the rich creativity, spectacular nature and resilience that has always been a part of our community here in Byron Shire’.
Valuable resources
She said the awards process offers ‘valuable resources, including webinars and expert guidance, as a way to recognise the dedication and innovation that contribute to our shared success’.
Byron Shire Council’s Business and Industry Project Lead, Nicole Silburn, said it would be great to have more Byron-based businesses participating in the awards.
‘We’d love these awards to reflect the true diversity of our tourism businesses, and particularly this year, we’d love to see applications from our ecotourism, cultural tourism and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island tourism experiences coming through,’ Mrs Silburn said.
To get involved, visit www.dncnsw.com/2025-north-coast-regional-tourism-awards.
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