Caravan & Camping Industry Association NSW
Caravan & Camping Industry Association NSW (CCIA)

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History

The Caravan & Camping Industry Association of NSW (CCIA) and the Manufactured Housing Industry Association of New South Wales (MHIA) traces its history back to the 1969 amalgamation of the Caravan Trades Association of NSW and the Caravan Parks Association of NSW. This was a historic move, as the park and trade Associations had not come together anywhere else in Australia.  The Association is managed by a Board of Directors elected every second year from within its membership, and is administered from its headquarters at Rosehill.

Membership

The membership of some 560 is drawn from owners and operators of tourist parks, manufactured home villages and estates, manufacturers of manufactured homes, caravans, motorhomes, retailers of manufactured homes, recreational vehicles, camping equipment and accessories, and the service industries. Membership is restricted to individuals and companies who meet standards established by the Association.

The Association has five classes of membership –

  1. The General Manufacturer Class
  2. The Tourist Park Class
  3. The Manufactured Home Community Class
  4. The Manufactured Home Builder Class
  5. The General Caravan Park Class

Corporate and Associate membership is also available. Industry Profile developed by the CCIA (PDF, 3.25MB)

Objectives of the CCIA

The principal objectives of the Association are:-

  • to encourage and promote the use of touring product and caravan parks for recreation and tourism,
  • to encourage and promote the use of manufactured housing and manufactured home communities for residential use,
  • to improve develop and advance the methods of manufacture, distributed and sale,         
  • to represent the Industry to Government,
  • to act as an Industrial body on behalf of the membership.  The Association has played a major part as a member of a number of working parties and committees including:-
    1. the joint Industry and Local Government Committee that initiated the development of Ordinance 71
    2. the Ad Hoc Committee established by the Minister to formulate the draft Ordinance,
    3. the Caravan Parks Task Force
    4. the Local Government, Tourism, Energy and Housing Sub-Groups of the Task Force
    5. the Caravan Parks Technical Advisory Committee
    6. the Department of Local Government, Local Government and Shires Association and CCIA Working Group on Local Government Rates and Charges for Caravan Parks.
    7. the Manufactured Homes Communities Committee,
    8. the Working Party on Permanent Occupancy of Caravan Parks established by the Minister of Housing, and
    9. the Residential Tenancies Act Consultative Committee.

The Association maintains a close working relationship with the New South Wales Tourism Commission, the New South Wales Tourist Association, the Australian Tourism Industry Association and the NRMA.

Promotions

The Association’s major promotional activities include:

Over $1 million was spent on promoting the Industry in the last financial year.