Tasmania’s peak tourism body said the Three Capes Track experience offered tremendous value as one of Australia’s best multi-day nature experience.
Tourism Industry Council Tasmania (TICT) CEO Luke Martin, said criticism about the cost of the new experience undervalued Tasmania’s potential to be a world leader in nature tourism.
“The Three Capes experience is the equal to any coastal walking experience in the World, and needs to be looked at as an all-inclusive multi-day nature experience,’ Mr Martin said.
“When you consider its three nights’ accommodation, four days of walking among the most spectacular natural environment, access to the World Heritage Listed Port Arthur Historic Site, and a cruise with Australia’s most awarded tourism operator, Rob Pennicott, $450 represents tremendous value.”
“It’s frankly a world class experience for around the same cost as flying to Melbourne for a night at the football’.
“Tasmanian walkers who don’t want the Three Capes experience should continue to have access to the same camp sites and tracks in Tasman National Park as they always have, but as a State we should not undervalue the quality of Three Capes as an all-inclusive visitor experience.
“We can be proud as a State of the fact we have developed Australia’s leading new nature tourism experience and not shy away from valuing the quality of our natural environment and the life changing experiences visitors can have within it.’
Mr Martin said the Tasmanian Greens had no credibility in advocating for greater public access to Three Capes.
“The Greens and the Tasmanian National Parks Association have relentlessly knocked Three Capes since it was first conceived, preferring to keep the area the exclusive domain of only the most heartiest of bushwalkers.
“It’s frankly disingenuous for them to now say more Tasmanians should be able to access it, and they’re just knocking for knocking sake.”
Tourism Industry Council Tasmania (TICT) CEO Luke Martin
