attention to the interlinkages between tourism and other related policy sectors such as land use planning infrastructure and services environmental management public health education and transport has not typically been a high priority however there are significant longterm benefits to be gained from taking a broader interlinked policy perspective where a range of public agencies can participate in policy discussions so that the needs of the tourism industry are incorporated into each stage in the pprr approach the organisation seeks to provide leadership and counsel on an individual and collective basis to over government tourism agencies international airlines and a large variety of travel and tourism industry media organisations and education and training stakeholders pata