NT Aboriginal Tourism Grant Program - Round 8

NT Aboriginal Tourism Grant Program – Round 8

  • NT Aboriginal Tourism Program us open: until 7th March 2025
  • Minimum funding value of $30,000 (excluding GST)
  • Maximum funding value of $100,000 (excluding GST)

The Aboriginal Tourism Grant Program aims to help NT based Aboriginal businesses and organisations develop cultural tourism experiences and products. Tourism NT is providing a non-competitive funding pool of $1,000,000 (excluding GST).

Key Requirements

A total of $1,000,000 (excluding GST) is available to:

  • Develop and activate Aboriginal cultural tourism experiences and tourism product
  • Support Aboriginal tourism businesses to enhance their tourism experiences that encourage visitors to travel to the NT and
    stay longer.

What is eligible for funding?

Activities may include (but are not limited to):

  • New product development that activates a bookable product (e.g. accommodation and Aboriginal cultural engagement including nighttime and evening experiences) supported by the implementation of a booking system
  • Upgrade improvements and/ or new infrastructure for tourism visitor experiences
  • Infrastructure to support sustainability and/ or accessibility and inclusion objectives (e.g. solar power generation, access ramps, improved pathways and audio tours)
  • Interpretative signage, interpretation planning and guiding manuals – noting that any road signage must align to national standards and the requirements of the Department of Logistics and Infrastructure
  • Implementation of new technology to improve the on-ground tourism visitor experience
  • Engaging expert and specialist professionals to support the development and delivery of the activities.

What companies are eligible for funding?

The Grant Program is designed to primarily support Aboriginal owned and majority owned businesses and organisations.

Eligible applicants must:

  • Be greater than 50% Aboriginal owned
  • Be a business or organisation located and operating in the NT
  • Aboriginal corporations and associations to provide confirmation of intent to lodge a Grant Program application. Evidence could be:
    • written advice from a minimum of two Directors involved in discussions or approvals; or minutes of a duly constituted meeting.
  • Be legally constituted
  • Be Australian registered
  • Have approvals of the relevant Land Council or other land management authority for current and proposed/new tourism product/s related to the application (not required for development planning activities e.g. feasibilities and business planning).

Is this grant competitive or entitlement based?

Competitive. Your application will be assessed among other applications by a judging panel.

How can I increase my chances of winning this grant?

By engaging an accredited government grants consultant, such as Avant Group.

Competitive grants often require significant business case development and project analysis to support the application, this may include detailed presentations supporting the project’s merit, projected sales, cost-benefit analysis and more.

As part of your engagement with Avant Group, your account manager will assess the required documents and will provide the following as needed to support your grant submission.

Grant application writeup including a detailed presentation illustrating how the grant funding will contribute to your project, how the funding will contribute to the project’s budget, a project milestone plan, delivery timeline, impact on employment if applicable and a breakdown of the management and leadership team for the project

  • Industry analysis presentation
  • Competitor Analysis Presentation
  • Marketing and Sales Analysis Presentation
  • 3-5 year Cashflow Forecast
  • 3-5 year Balance Sheet Forecast
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis of Grant Funding
  • End-to-end grant application including information collating, analysis and application writing
  • CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) cost-benefit analysis
  • Stakeholder relations and Risk Mitigation Plans
  • Any other relevant forecasting that will support your application

How can I get help with my application? Or know if I’m likely to win funding?

Avant Group offers a no-obligation assessment of your eligibility for funding and will assess your likelihood of a successful grant application.