Event type: Forum
Location: Alice Springs
When: Thursday 12 November 2026
Time: 8:00am to 3:30pm
Forum registration: Registrations open shortly
The Northern Territory Aboriginal Tourism Forum (Forum) is hosted by the Department of Tourism and Hospitality. The Forum will celebrate the NT Aboriginal tourism sector and focus on opportunities to share knowledge and experiences, and establish and strengthen relationships between Aboriginal entrepreneurs, private sector, industry, government and non-government organisations.
Expression of interest opportunity for Aboriginal Territorians residing the in Northern Territory
The Department of Tourism and Hospitality is providing limited support for regional or remote (100km outside of Alice Springs) based Northern Territory Aboriginal residents who are operating a tourism business or are interested in starting a tourism business to attend the Forum and the Destination NT Conference (Conference). Support can be requested for the Forum and Conference registrations, travel and accommodation.
Expression of interest form: Click here (PDF, 898.5KB) to download the form.
Expression of interest key dates
| Open for applications | 15 September 2026 |
| Closing date for applications | 16 October 2026 |
| Consideration of applications | Considered in the order they are received, until allocated funding is exhausted |
| Successful EOIs advised | By 23 October 2026 |