The Mid West Tourism Development Strategy is a regional initiative commissioned by the Mid West Development Commission, Regional Development Australia, Department of Planning and LGAs across the Mid West region.
The strategy is the direct result of the Mid West Regional Blueprint process undertaken in 2013/14. The Mid West Regional Blueprint is this region’s growth and development plan that proposes a number of high level strategies. It identified five key pillars through which targeted development strategies and subsequent investments would be made to grow the region for a population scenario of 190,000 by 2050. A critical element identified in the Economic Development Pillar was “Tourism”, as one of the key focus areas that would drive the region’s long term economic growth.