6 November 2025
The NT Aboriginal Tourism Business Accelerator Program (the Accelerator), delivered by the NT Government and Indigenous Business Australia, is now open for Aboriginal Territorians and Northern Territory-based majority-owned Aboriginal businesses.
The Accelerator will assist participants to gain an understanding and the skills to develop or grow an Aboriginal tourism business.
Returning for a third year, the program provides business coaching, networking with industry and tourism operators and access to attend a tourism industry forum. As well as face to face blocks focused on business and product development, participants will attend Aboriginal tourism experience familiarisation.
Up to 15 participants from across the NT will be accepted into the 9-month program, with participants selected through an application and panel assessment.
The program will focus on developing participants' business models, financial sustainability, marketing strategies, and presentation skills to deliver a tourism product pitch to tourism industry representatives.
Each participant receives tailored business coaching, reinforcing learnings to support increased tourism and business understanding and knowledge including implementation of a practical business development action plan.
Previous participants have included tourism and hospitality business owners, start-up tourism businesses and people looking to grow their product offerings.
The Accelerator program is supported by the Australian Government's Strategic Indigenous Tourism Project funding program (SITP) to foster participation in the tourism industry while contributing to local economic growth.
Applications close on 5 December 2025.
