Welcome to the 2012 South Coast Tourism Awards

The South Coast Tourism Awards now in its 17th year, recognise and celebrate the various tourism business located in the south coast region of NSW that have demonstrated outstanding achievements throughout the year.

The South Coast Tourism Awards are an opportunity for tourism operators to take a closer look at their business, achieve recognition for their achievements and promote their business. This year the South Coast Tourism Awards will have alternate categories that allow businesses to enter only at the South Coast level, thus the application is less onerous on the applicant.

Here are 9 reasons why you should enter the awards:

• The questions and criteria have been designed to help businesses develop their annual business plan.
• Your entry provides you with an accurate record and overview for your business each year.
• Increase in business levels as a direct result of winning a tourism award.
• Winners in compliant categories are automatically entered into the NSW Tourism Awards.
• Winners will be identified as the outstanding tourism business in their particular category.
• Highlight the prominence of South Coast NSW in the Australian tourism industry.
• Winners and finalists can include the Awards logo on all stationery, brochures and advertising.
• Winners and finalists are recognised through the area in media releases, industry newsletters, television news reports, etc.
• Winners are featured in a special newspaper wrap around following the awards.