Sporting Events

These events bring together athletes or teams to compete against each other in various sport disciplines, ranging from AFL games at Salters Oval, to Triathlons along the coastline.

MUST DO’S

Are you are event organiser looking to promote your event within the beautiful Bundaberg Region? We’ve got you covered with our list of the top five must do’s to maximise the effectiveness of your event promotions and its success.
Think of it like the Bundy Bucket List for Event Organisers!

Get Listed!

ATDW distributes your event listing to hundreds of websites, including Queensland.com Share your event on our regions Destination Events calendar What’s On Bundaberg

Give Us The Details!

Complete the Event Information Brief, so our team can assess the information that is provided and consider it for inclusion in Visit Bundaberg’s marketing channels. To enable us to communicate with our audiences in a meaningful and intentional way, be sure to provide high quality and engaging content!

Spread The Word!

Bundaberg Tourism have created a range of marketing collateral for event organisers to use across their event platforms for the positive promotion of the region. What better way to encourage people to buy tickets than showing them how they can make a holiday out of it? Swim with turtles on the Southern Great Barrier Reef, sip and swirl their way through the regions cellar doors and feast on delicious local produce from beachside cafes and farm gate stalls.

Curated Campaigns!

If you are seeking event support beyond the potential communication of the event through Visit Bundaberg’s channels, our events specialists are more than happy to curate bespoke marketing campaigns, with the aim to drive leads to the event, as well as encourage increased length of stay, visitor expenditure and dispersion of visitation across the region. Please reach out to Grace Boothman through the box below to discuss this further.

MARKETING COLLATERAL

Our marketing team work closely with event organisers to provide destination content, such as blogs, videos and images for event organisers to share across their websites and social media. As a region abundant with world-class experiences, stunning beaches and accessible reef, this content not only encourages event attendance but inspires the attendees to stay longer and experience more!

This marketing collateral has been created for you to share loud and proud, but please ensure to tag @visitbundaberg @bundabergtourism and use the destination hashtags to really get engaged #visitbundaberg #southerngreatbarrierreef

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE SERVICES

The team at Bundaberg Tourism are always available to provide event support and expert destination advice.  From helping you to craft bespoke itineraries and delegate experiences; to providing accommodation and attraction booking services.

Our Visitor Information Centres support community and business events bringing visitors to town through the coordination of accommodation and experience booking services, as well as providing destination collateral to event guests to encourage regional dispersal, increased length of stay and overnight visitor expenditure.

Our Visitor Information Centres in Bundaberg and Childers are often the first point of call for visitors coming into the region, so advertising opportunities are golden! There are several options available to members of Bundaberg Tourism, including A-Frames, television display advertising and display cabinets, so click the box below to enquire.

EVENT RESOURCES

Additional resources for event organisers, looking to go the extra mile and set their events up for long-term sustainable success.

Event Management Guide

Bundaberg Regional Council’s guide to assist event organisers in planning and execution of events within the region

QDEP Funding

The Tourism & Events Queenslands Destination Events Program seeks to leverage the crucial link between events and the destinations in which they are staged, extending the flow on effects of the economic, marketing and social benefits of events throughout metropolitan and regional Queensland. QDEP offers two investment options for regional events, with the funding from $10,000 - $100,000 delivered, to be used for marketing, strategic plan development, short-term engagement of specialised personnel and hire of temporary infrastructure. Explore the key objectives of eligibility and other information regarding the Queensland Destination Events Program below.

Queensland Destination Events Guide

Tourism & Events Queensland’s guide on how to stage your event at the best address on earth!

Post Event Survey Q’s

Post event surveys are an extremely valuable method to collect key data needed to determine the success of your event, support funding applications and sustain the evolution of your offering. Bundaberg Tourism have created an example survey below, that provides and indication of the questions that will provide relevant answers for applications to funding programs such as QDEP.

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