The Mayor has welcomed 30 senior diplomats from around the world and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade staff to Greater Geelong.
The Victoria Consular Corps Regional Tour will showcase our region’s sophisticated and innovative economy today and tomorrow, highlighting our advanced manufacturing and materials, energy, engineering and cleantech sectors.
The international guests hail from 20 countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Malta, Brazil, Japan, Botswana and New Zealand.
They will tour a number of sites including our new civic precinct Wurriki Nyal, the Federal Mills precinct, GeelongPort, Deakin University and Geelong Arts Centre.
The delegation will also meet with several manufacturers to learn about their locally designed and developed intellectual property that present amazing export opportunities.
The tour and presentations aim to demonstrate our region’s strengths, Geelong’s role as an economic engine room of regional Victoria and our community’s prominence in Victoria and Australia’s identity.
The visit highlights Greater Geelong’s strong existing relationships with the 20 nations and increasing global visibility and recognition through significant economic, political, social, and cultural gains.
Mayor Trent Sullivan
The visit is the perfect opportunity to showcase Geelong’s contribution to Australia’s economy, culture and policy objectives such as decarbonisation and trade.
Transitioning from a traditional manufacturing city-region into Australia’s first and only UNESCO Creative City of Design, we have a proven track record in advanced manufacturing and materials, engineering, cleantech and energy sectors.
I’m looking forward to welcoming the senior diplomats to Greater Geelong and hope they come to understand our community’s adaptive, industrious and forward-thinking nature, and enjoy our stunning landscapes and thriving culture.
Deputy Mayor Anthony Aitken
Council is always excited to welcome an international delegation to our special part of the world.
Tours of Greater Geelong like these are not only a relationship building exercise but a chance to share our region’s attractions and showcase innovative local businesses, industry capabilities and our long-term vision.
We have a lot to be proud of as Victoria’s second city, where over the past decade, Greater Geelong has undergone remarkable growth.
Geelong is outpacing every other region in Australia, boasting the fastest population growth in Victoria and second fastest in Australia, the largest regional economy in the state, and the fastest jobs growth of all Australian regional cities.
