STCRC
The Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC) is a world leading scientific institution dedicated to delivering research to support a dynamic, internationally competitive and sustainable tourism industry.

Throughout each Australian State and Territory the STCRC integrates its sustainable tourism mission by conducting research, developing practical and usable tools and technologies, and integrating research outcomes with education and training programs that develop the knowledge and skills required to implement sustainable tourism principles.

ARTRC
The Australian Regional Tourism Research Centre is a partnership between the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC) and Southern Cross University (SCU), managed by a Board representing the two partners and the Australian Regional Tourism Network.

Based on the Lismore campus of Southern Cross University, the ARTRC delivers a broad range of services to regional Australia including identifying and pursuing relevant research agenda; a gateway for dissemination of regional tourism research; encouraging professional development in regional tourism; facilitating regional perspectives to STCRC research programs and the establishment of an Indigenous advisory facility.

AgForce
AgForce is Queensland's premier rural lobby group, representing the interest of about 8,000 broadacre producers and small business operators right across the state.

The increasing popularity of nature orientated, farm-based and rural tourism has spearked an interest in many property owners to consider their property's potential as a tourist destination. However, establishing any new business including tourism requires considerable thought, personal drive and the wighing of the costs and benefits.

The Farm and Nature Tourism program is a useful tool for landholders to assess their property's tourism potential without having to make a huge investment in money or time. Porperty owners considering establishing a tourism venture are encouraged to use the assessment kit in their decision making process.

Tourism Queensland
Tourism Queensland is committed to enhancing the development and marketing of a sustainable tourism industry across all Queensland destinations in partnershi with industry, government and the community.

Small businesses are the cornerstone of the Queensland tourism industry so programs like Farm and Nature Tourism on your Property provide practical means of assisting small investors in gaining a better understanding of the potential tourism attributes of their property.

Tourism Queensland recommends the program to rural landholders as a valuable first step in a more detailed analysis of comparing property appeal and tourism market demand so as to provide a blanced assessment of the tourism potential of their farm tourism idea.