Tourism recognition

TOUR operator James Dixon has been recognised at the Australian Tourism Export Council Excellence Awards in Darwin this week. Down Under Tours managing director James Dixon was awarded this year’s Captain Trevor Haworth outstanding contribution by an individual to the tourism export industry. “James is a true industry leader, having dedicated many years of service to a vast array of industry bodies from his local ATEC branch, the board of Tourism & Events Queensland, the FNQ Tour Operators Association and the Alliance for Sustainable Tourism,” ATEC chairman Denis Pierce said.