The Queensland Heritage Trails Network supports projects that add to the quality, diversity and understanding of Queensland's cultural heritage.

The Cultural Tourism Incentive Program (CTIP) was launched in 2000 as a Queensland Government initiative to provide grants between $5,000 and $100,000 for projects that advance the aims of the Network in regard to conservation of heritage, regional community development, employment and cultural tourism opportunities.

Applicants were required to partner with their Local Government Authority to demonstrate the projects' regional tourism and economic benefits.

Two grant rounds were held in 2001 with the third and final round held in March 2002.

A wide range of conservation and interpretation projects that had cultural tourism spin-offs were invited and included:

• oral histories and historical research; minor building works for protection as well as access and interpretation;
• conservation and adaptive reuse of heritage places;
• collaborative marketing and regional promotion in a cultural tourism context;
• development of travelling exhibitions;
• development of business and management systems; and
• formation of partnerships to share resources.

In total, over 300 applications were received for the three grant rounds. Of those, 68 projects were provided with funding at a total cost of $3,053,101. Successful applicants will need to have completed their projects (or the component that was funded through the CTIP program) by the end of 2002.

Brief information is provided below on each of the successful applications as well as a summary of applicants by shires and tourism regions. Adobe® Acrobat Reader is required to view these files.

	Summary of successful grant applications for all rounds of the Cultural Tourism Incentive Program (PDF 128kb) Download   Summary of successful grant applications by Local Government Shires and Tourism Regions (PDF 147kb) Download