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River Canyon CountryDecember 2012
Cultural and Agri-Tourism Development Workshop
CASE STUDIES
A Taste of West Cork - Ireland
Regional Branding
• Food and Tourism• Retail marketing within region and external• Highly successful and effective• Improves local agricultural base
www.wcdp.ie
Regional Branding– “achieving competitive
advantage through the use of the area’s unique image & identity”
• LEADER programme– integrated development
strategy– dedicated resources
• West Cork– Strong regional image– Local resource potential
Food & Tourism Sector
• Importance to Local Economy
• Local Resource Potential • Sustainable Development• Potential for Added Value• Cultural Wealth• People = Place = Product• Owner-Managed
Timeframe
• 1995 Planning & Development
• 1996 Concept Launch
• 1998 Commercial Launch
• 2001 Subscription Income
• 2002 LEADER+
Geographic markets1
Tourism and Food members
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West Cork Cork City Rest ofIreland
UK Other
All Tourism
Food
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Food full-time
Tourism full-time
Full-Time Employment – Brand members
• Steady growth in employment reflects growing– Membership– Employment
at enterprise level
• Increasing importance of employment in food enterprises
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Food part-timeTourism part-time
Part-Time Employment – brand members
• Part-time employment is more in the tourism industry
• Steady growth in p/t employment also reflects growing– Membership– Employment
at enterprise level
Martinborough – Waiarapa region New Zealand – reinventing a town
• Rebuilding a heritage town
• Building on unique factor and creating unique tourism experience
• One person can make a difference!
Unique town square and attractive location
HYDEN – Case Study of a self-reliant and entrepreneurial community
HYDEN – at the end of the rail‐line
• 340 km east of Perth – 5 hours drive
• Population 400
• Settled in 1920’s
• Wheat and grain farming area – large scale and remote
‘The Wave Rock Experience’Creating a world famous tourism destination
• 2,700 million years old natural rock formation
• This feature measures 15 metres high and 110 metres around a granite cliff
CREATING THE HYDEN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
• It began with the establishment of a caravan park, followed by cabins, hire vans and has now grown into the Wave Rock Motel complex – a $5 million facility.
• The Company has promoted Wave Rock such that it now attracts 160,000 people per year
‘The Wave Rock Experience’
Creating the next stage – an international airport and lakeside resort!
This initiative has resulted in a facility that attracts up to seven planes a day.
The company shareholders have never taken a dividend –they prefer to invest in their own community.
Hyden Business Development Company
• Local farmers (23 families) have each contributed as registered equal shares
• The company supported the establishment of 5 new businesses in Hyden.
Impact and Benefits• Tourism has generated 70 jobs • The town has 100% full employment • Over 80% of the tourism jobs employ
people under 30 year old• Wave Rock Prime Beef – a quality driven
cooperative marketing initiative aimed at making Hyden the ‘Beef Capital of the Wheatbelt’
• New tourism attractions - by young local entrepreneurs, eg: Stargate Observatory, Steel Fabricator, Supermarket
The Tin Horse Highway
Kulin Bush Races – Case Study
Kulin is a small country town (pop approx. 300) about 4 hours drive east of Perth.
• It has created a major tourist event – each year in October they hold the Kulin Bush Races.
• Nearly 4,000 people travel to Kulin and stay for the race weekend.
Shire Logo – creating the Bush Races theme
Town entry signs
Kulin created the first Community Bank in Western Australia
Community-built water park
Corrigin – Case Study
‘Dog in the Ute’ – world record holder
Town planning committee ‘Corrigin – Our Future Committee’ decided to put Corrigin on the map.
• Created a world record attempt at the number of ‘dogs-in-utes’ event.
• Had over 2000 entries• Created national publicity• Now national competition with Victoria
Corrigin Dog Cemetery
The Dog in the Ute Competition
Town entrance signs
INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE AWARDS
WINDMILL FLOUR – BRENDAN GRYLLS
Corrigin WA
Regional produce – yabbies
Wheatbelt Regional Cuisine
Kellerberin Art Space - Case Study
Kellerberin is a small country town (pop approx. 200) about 3 hours drive east of Perth.
• It has created an international art space to attract international artists to the town.
• Creates a global presence for a small wheatbelt town.
Kellerberin – creating a global presence
Committed groups - unfocused
Committed people – focused