Tourism Australia has appointed Andrew Hutchinson to the newly created role which is responsible for leading the organisation’s focus on the domestic tourism opportunity, as well as the approach in New Zealand once border restrictions start to lift.

With 25 years of experience in the tourism industry, Mr Hutchinson started in the Sydney-based role this month.

Mr Hutchinson joins Tourism Australia from Adventure World Travel and he has previously worked for major brands such as Flight Centre, Qantas Holidays, STA and Pinpoint Mastercard.

In 2019, domestic travel accounted for $78.8 billion in overnight trips and 1.4 million visitors from New Zealand spent $2.6 billion in Australia.