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South Australian Tourism Awards
The South Australian Tourism Awards celebrate and acknowledge tourism businesses that have demonstrated outstanding achievements and success throughout the year.
The Awards encourage businesses to meet and exceed industry standards and play an integral role in acknowledging business excellence together with outstanding innovation, industry professionalism and collaboration.
Entries include a 4,000 to 7,500-word submission, consumer rating score, digital review and a validation review, all of which are evaluated by a panel of expert judges. The TiCSA team is here to support you through the entire process to help you create the very best submission you can.
The South Australian Tourism Awards program is supported by the State Government through the South Australian Tourism Commission.
Nominations are now open for the 2026 South Australian Tourism Awards for all categories.
Nominations for Categories 1-26 will close on Wednesday 10 June.
ABOUT THE AWARDS
CATEGORIES & CRITERIA
2025 WINNERS
Overview of the process
2026 Key Dates
Nominations Open: Friday 1 May
Nominations Close (Categories 1-26): Wednesday 10 June
Submissions Due (Categories 1-26): Tuesday 11 August
Nominations & Submissions Due (Categories 27 & 28): Monday 21 September
Finalists announced: Late September
Gala Dinner: Early November
Australian Tourism Awards: February 2027 in Geelong, Victoria
2026 Nomination Fees
| TiCSA Member | Non-Member | ||
| 24 employees or under | $195 | 24 employees or under | $390 |
| 25 employees or over | $245 | 25 employees or over | $490 |
2026 SA Tourism Awards Info Session
Whether it’s your first time entering or if you’re really striving for that Gold this year, this video recording of our online information session will give you all the hints and tricks to prepare for this awards program.
The South Australian Tourism Awards are sponsored by Tourism Australia.