Tourism operators told to keep up

The Federal Tourism Minister has called on Tasmanian tourism operators to adjust their products to suit international markets.

Martin Ferguson was in Tasmania to launch a new round of federal tourism grants that give businesses up to $100,000 to improve their product.

He said he hoped the grants would help operators keep up with the changing market.

"Internationally the tourism market is going through a process of restructure," Mr Ferguson said.

"The global economy in North America and Europe at the moment is very poor but in Asia and we're part of Asia, you've got a growing middle class. Last year the growth out of China was 20 per cent."

Source - abc.net.au