All the NT winners from the 2022 National Tourism Awards

NT tourism and hospitality businesses, from Katherine to Darwin, Alice Springs and everywhere in between, have picked up awards at the 2022 National Tourism Awards. See all the winners here.

Northern Territory tourism and hospitality operators have won gongs across eight different categories at this year’s 2022 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards held in Sydney on Friday night.

Territory businesses from Darwin to Katherine, Alice Springs and Uluru picked up two gold, two silver and four bronze awards.

Darwin Festival took home gold for the Major Festivals and Events category, while Char Restaurant and The Darwin Club, both located in Admiralty House NT, won gold for best Tourism Restaurants and Catering Services.

Katherine Outback Experience and Darwin Convention Centre won silver for the Tourist Attractions and Business Events Venues categories respectively.

Oasis Tourist Park, Venture North Safaris, Uluru Audio Guide and Angkerle Atwatye/ Standley Chasm won bronze for Caravan and Holidays Parks, Cultural Tourism, Tourism Retail and Hire Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Tourism Experience respectively.

Char Restaurant and Darwin Club, inside Admiralty House NT, both won gold in the Tourism Restaurants and Catering Service category. Pictured Char Restaurant. Supplied: Tourism NT

The 18-day Darwin Festival also took home gold for Tourism Restaurants and Catering Services. Supplied: Tourism NT

Katherine Outback Experience, owned by multiple Golden Guitar winner and horseman extraordinaire, Tom Curtain, won silver for the Tourism Attractions category. Supplied: Tourism NT.

Oasis Tourist Park, in Darwin, won bronze for Caravan and Holiday Parks.

Venture North Safaris, which provide ‘first class’ multi-day guided tours, won bronze for Cultural Tourism.

Uluru Audio Guide was awarded bronze at the National Tourism Awards for Tourism Retail and Hire Services.

Angkerle Atwatye/Standley Chasm, about 35 minutes from Alice Springs, won bronze in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Tourism Experience.

Tourism and Hospitality Minister Nicole Manison congratulated all Territorian winners for their hard work and dedication.

“The Territory’s wonderful attractions, tours, unique experiences and culture would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of our local industry, who make up an enormous part of the Territory’s workforce.”

Darwin was also announced as the host for the 2023 Australian Tourism Awards and Australian tourism industry conference, which will be hosted in March 2024.

Ms Manison said the events would increase visitation and boost the economy.

“Winning the right to host the 2023 awards is a major coup for Darwin and will allow us to showcase our fantastic city to tourism industry professionals from around Australia,” she said.