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Developed on Kangaroo Island, South Australia as a model for sustainable tourism management, the Tourism Optimisation Management Model (TOMM) is an exciting 'work in progress' showcasing the opportunities and benefits of integrating long-term tourism development with sound environmental, social and visitor principles.
TOMM is both a concept model that can be applied and tailored to manage tourism in any destination as well as a well-known case study highlighting community tourism management in action and the challenges this process poses for local communities worldwide.
Within this website you will find information on TOMM - as well as how the model has been implemented on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
TOMM is both a concept model that can be applied and tailored to manage tourism in any destination as well as a well-known case study highlighting community tourism management in action and the challenges this process poses for local communities worldwide.
Within this website you will find information on TOMM - as well as how the model has been implemented on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
TOMM is more that just a project, it is a committed partnership between government agencies, tourism industry and the community.
Partners include:
- Kangaroo Island Council
- Kangaroo Island Natural Resource Management Board
- Tourism Kangaroo Island
- Kangaroo Island Development Board
- Department for Environment and Heritage
- South Australian Tourism Commission
- tourism industry representatives and the community.