CFAs: Unlocking Aboriginal Tourism Development Fund (Round 3)

To support the development of bookable experiences and quality of tourism experiences and product there is a need to assist Aboriginal Territorians and majority owned Aboriginal businesses and organisations to access services to navigate, understand and identify tourism development funding opportunities.

Many Aboriginal majority owned businesses and organisations have tourism plans and ambitions but need access to additional support and funding to bring these plans to fruition. Navigating and accessing potential funding opportunities can be challenging and an intensive time consuming activity.

Consultancy service opportunity 

• There are two levels of consultancy services available to help access opportunities and unlock potential funding.
  • Level 1 – advice and initial assistance about potential funding availability up to a maximum 2 hours.
  • Level 2 – funding application preparation service including assistance in writing submissions up to a maximum 16 hours.

Funding Information

• Tourism NT is providing a total of up to $145,000 (excluding GST) in consultancy services to NT majority owned Aboriginal businesses and organisations (Aboriginal tourism clients) to help access opportunities and unlock potential Aboriginal tourism development funding.

Eligible Activities

• To access support, the applicant will identify the business need that requires funding.
• The initiative will focus on support for tourism related business development needs for new or enhanced existing product offerings and experiences, including:
  • new product capital
  • enhanced visitor experiences including
  • infrastructure improvements
  • business development through improvement in systems and processes e.g. booking systems
  • workforce development
  • strategic marketing development.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Program is designed to support NT majority owned Aboriginal businesses and organisations.
• Eligible applicants must:
  • Be greater than 50% Aboriginal owned (may be required to provide one of any of the following) situated and operating in the NT:
    • Registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporation
    • Northern Territory Indigenous Business Network certified member
    • Supply Nation registered or certified member
    • Aboriginal individuals may be required to provide confirmation or certificate of Aboriginality
  • Be legally constituted
  • Be Australian registered
  • Have approvals of the relevant Land Council or other land management authority for current tourism activities (not required for development planning activities).
• If the applicant is an actively trading Aboriginal owned tourism business (as defined in the NT Aboriginal Tourism Strategy 2020-203), the following criteria apply:
  • Have a current Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) listing or have applied for one at time of engaging with the Consultant (if appropriate)
  • Be a member of a peak industry body, such as Tourism Central Australia, Tourism Top End or Hospitality NT or have applied for one at time of engaging with the Consultant (if appropriate).
• Aboriginal individuals may be required to provide a letter of confirmation of Aboriginal heritage or certificate from the relevant (locality) incorporated Aboriginal association or land council. It must be stamped with the association’s common seal.
• An Aboriginal individual is defined as someone who: is of Australian Aboriginal descent; has previously and consistently in day to day life been known to be and/or identified as an Australian Aboriginal and is accepted as an Aboriginal in the community in which they live or have lived.

For more information, visit Australian Government.