The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) has released the application form for the new membership category for the youth and backpacker sector.   The joining fee for the new category is $220 with annual fees ranging from $450 to $950 depending on the size of the business. To download the applic ...

The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) has announced a new membership category for the youth and backpacking sector.   The decision was made at a meeting of the ATEC National Board in Canberra yesterday, in partnership with the Backpacker Tourism Advisory Panel (BTAP), effective from the beg ...

A row is brewing in the Sydney backpacker hub of Kings Cross, with hotel owners claiming new licensing restrictions are killing trade. The Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday that a group of  Sydney hotels was placed in receivership, with the owners blaming measures aimed at reducing drunken v ...

New South Wales Police have confirmed the body found washed up at Brunswick Heads on Saturday is that of missing Irish backpacker Niall McDonough. McDonough, 30, went missing from a Byron Bay backpacker hostel on June 12. A post-mortem examination has been carried out and the death is not being tre ...

The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) has released a video highlights package from the 2009 ATEC Backpacker Conference in Darwin.   The conference took place at the Darwin Convention Centre on April 29 as a part of the ATEC Symposium. Click here to see the presentations. Photos from the fami ...