Media release archive

Top Tourism Snaps are an instant hit

Tourism NT has released the Top 10 Instagram pics based on the highest engagement from 2016.

Territory tourism celebrated at Brolgas

John ‘Foxy’ Robinson has been awarded the highest honour at the 2016 Brolga Northern Territory Tourism Awards.

Funding for 2017 Territory Festivals and Events

More Australians will be enticed to attend some of the Territory’s unique festivals and events in 2017 through Tourism NT funding grants.

Northern Territory businesses go walkabout to lure conferences north

More than 150 event planners from around Australia will meet face-to-face with Northern Territory tourism businesses and operators this week at Conventions Walkabout 16.

NT goes on show in Adelaide

The Northern Territory will feature prominently in Adelaide’s biggest outdoor leisure event this weekend.

Sixth $10k barramundi hooked by luckiest family in the NT

The $10,000, 77 centimetre prize-tagged barra was caught at the Daly River on Sunday 16 October by Nikita Jason from the Daly River.

Fifth $10K barra caught

The $10,000 72 centimetre prize-tagged barra was caught at Darwin Harbour Middle Arm on Friday 14 October by Jeremy Hooper from Bakewell who was fishing on his own, in his favourite spot.

All aboard! Cruise ship season begins

The Darwin cruise ship season begins on Sunday 16 October with the ‘Celebrity Solstice’ docking at Fort Hill Wharf at approximately 8:00am.

Fourth $10k barramundi hooked in the Northern Territory

A fourth barramundi worth $10,000 has been caught just two weeks into the NT Government’s Million Dollar Fish competition.

Darwin man hooks third $10k barramundi

Darwin man Chris Louden has become the third fisho to reel in a barramundi worth $10,000 as part of the NT Government’s Million Dollar Fish competition.

Two $10k barramundi caught in the Northern Territory

Two Northern Territory fishos are each $10,000 richer after catching the first two barramundi in the Million Dollar Fish competition.

Catch a million dollar fish in the NT

The second season of the Northern Territory’s Million Dollar Fish competition kicks off on Saturday, with 101 prize tagged barramundi lurking in Top End waters.

Business event planners stampede to Alice Springs

Alice Springs will be promoted as a unique business events destination this week when 20 national business events planners from across Australia take part in the 2016 Alice Stampede.

Time for Northern Territory tourism to take the digital leap

Northern Territory tourism businesses feeling lost in the growing online digital world are being offered a helping hand.

Tourism operators on mission to increase Chinese visitors to NT

Eleven NT tourism operators are in China on a mission to sell tourism in the Territory. The delegation, which is led by Tourism NT, will showcase their tourism offerings to key contacts in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing.

Tourism NT launches new consumer travel website

A new consumer travel website launched by Tourism NT is expected to triple visits to the website to approximately 3 million over 12 months.

$250 million Westin luxury hotel will go ahead in Darwin

The construction of a $250 million luxury hotel on the Darwin Waterfront will enhance the popular precinct, create hundreds of ongoing jobs, boost tourism and become a destination in its own right.

Tourism - delivering for Litchfield

Improvements being made by several tourism businesses in the Litchfield area will enhance its popularity with visitors in the Top End.

New partnership with Chinese travel company

The NT Government has taken a major step forward in attracting more Chinese visitors to the Territory, signing an historic Memorandum of Understanding with one of China’s largest travel companies.

New high-tech tourism attraction opens in Darwin

The Bombing of Darwin Harbour will be brought to life by a new multi-million dollar tourism attraction which opens at Stokes Hill Wharf tomorrow.