In August 2021 the official tourism portal announced a photo competition run by the Market Development Facility (MDF), an Australian Government-funded programme, with the Professional Photographers’ Association of Queensland. Both amateur and professional photographers could enter pictures of Timor-Leste for prizes.
The competition supported a wider MDF project: a database of photos of Timor-Leste that tourism operators and partners could use in their marketing. The Ministry of Tourism and other tourism organisations also contributed images.
This competition is no longer open. For current official images and media resources, see the timorleste.tl media page.