Wollondilly Shire Council hosted the inaugural Wollondilly Tourism Connect event on Wednesday 20 March at Razorback Ridge Wines. It was a successful evening of networking, sharing ideas, learning about available services, and supporting Wollondilly’s tourism businesses.

Guest speakers included representatives from Destination NSW, South West Sydney Tourism Taskforce Inc NSW, Service NSW Business Bureau, Camden Valley Inn, Wollondilly Tours, Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre & Visit Wollondilly; with Razorback Ridge Wines providing an introduction on how their winery came to life.

Tourism Connect builds upon the foundation created by the Wollondilly Tourism Association, who established a successful series of Tourism After 5 networking events in recent years.

With the Wollondilly Tourism Association stepping down from hosting the After 5 events, Mayor Matt Gould thanked them for their contribution.

“I would like to thank the Wollondilly Tourism Association for all their hard work in advocating for tourism in Wollondilly over a number of years. We are delighted to be able to continue these events under the banner of Tourism Connect.”

“Here in the Wollondilly Shire we have extraordinary natural beauty, vibrant heritage in our towns and villages, and fantastic tourist and visitor attractions to complement these assets.”

“It is fantastic to have a new tourism industry event in Wollondilly, to bring the business community together to support each other, learn about each other’s businesses and visit new venues across the Shire.”

The next Tourism Connect event will be held in July, with more details to come. Interested community members can follow Business Wollondilly’s Facebook Page and sign up to the fortnightly e-newsletter to stay in the loop on business news, events, support, opportunities and more.