Author: Charlie

2019 Anzac ‘For Valour’ Speech for Network Kokoda

2019 Anzac ‘For Valour’ Speech for Network Kokoda

Posted by | Apr 6, 2019 | , | 0

Network Kokoda – a Not-for-Profit charity established to honour our wartime heritage in Papua New Guinea – held its inaugural Anzac ‘For Valour’ luncheon in Parliament House Sydney on 5 April 2019. Keynote speaker was former Major-General, Senator Jim Molan AO DSC. The following presentation by founding Chairman and current Director of Network Kokoda, The Hon Charlie Lynn OAM OL (PNG), outlines the reasons for the establishment of the organization’.

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CHAPTER 28: Response to the Kokoda Track Authority Forum held in Port Moresby on 8 March 2019

Posted by | Mar 22, 2019 | , | 0

The management of Kokoda tourism is not a difficult challenge.

The trek itself is a wartime historical pilgrimage across land owned by traditional custodians in PNG.

The management system should therefore be designed to meet the needs of those who invest in a tourism enterprise to conduct treks across the Trail, their paying customers, the economic needs of villagers who own the land through employment opportunities, the payment of fees, and the provision of goods and services.

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CHAPTER 23: A Marketing Strategy for Pilgrimage Tourism in PNG

Posted by | Dec 22, 2018 | , | 0

The chapter examines the potential of a wartime pilgrimage tourism industry based on the development of a successful management model for the Kokoda Trail. It examines the factors relevant to Kokoda tourism over the past decade and suggests a marketing strategy based on a Military Heritage Master Plan; Anzac Day, Kokoda Day, the development of Owers Corner and a social media campaign.

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