Building a resilient tourism business with Kelly Khun

Owner operator and Master Juggler, Kelly Kuhn has worked in the South Australian tourism industry for 3 decades, in private enterprise, not-for profit and more government departments than she cares to count, She is the winner of an ‘Inspirational Women of the World’ award based in Bali during 2024, past Deputy Mayor of Mid Murray Council and Board Member of the Murray River, Lakes and Coorong Tourism Alliance.

Kelly is the founder of her local River Murray Community Progress Association. Kelly’s businesses, Juggle House Experiences and River Murray Dark Sky Tours provide innovative and personalised travel adventures in South Australia. Starting off just 1 year before Covid, and enduring the 1-in-100 year Murray River floods, Kelly’s businesses have operated half their time in a declared State of Emergency, Despite this, accolades include Gold and Silver in the South Australian Tourism Awards thriving as a tour operator excelling in collaboration. The signature tour has been operating in Australia’s first internationally declared Dark Sky Reserve for 5 years. Customers from all over the world coming to see the stars for the first time in their lives is what keeps the team’s motivation high.

It’s been a bit of secret from customers til now, that Kelly has always been afraid of the dark since growing up a child on a farm with an outside toilet, and she did not pay attention at Karoonda Area School science lessons to know if there are rings around Saturn or Jupiter! Kelly is often asked to MC regional events and is currently seen a rising star in guest speaking roles at conferences.

In this episode, we talk about building a resilient tourism business.

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