I refer to the State Government providing financial support to bring the television show MasterChef to Western Australia in 2011, and I ask: (a) would the Minister please itemise the funding that Tour

AnsweredQoN 5996Legislative Assembly
Asked
16 August 2011
Portfolio
Tourism

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I refer to the State Government providing financial support to bring the television show MasterChef to Western Australia in 2011, and I ask:
(a) would the Minister please itemise the funding that Tourism WA provided to bring the MasterChef production to Western Australia;
(b) what cost analysis has been done to show the economic benefit of MasterChef being filmed in Western Australia; and
(c) what has been the economic benefit to tourism as a direct result of the MasterChef show in:
(i) Laverton;
(ii) Margaret River; and
(iii) Busselton?

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Answered
20 September 2011
Responded by
Minister for Tourism
Response time
35 days
(a) Tourism Western Australia provided sponsorship of $130,000 to support production costs for the filming of MasterChef in WA.
(b) The return on investment is conservatively valued at $9 million in Estimated Advertising Value.
(c) (i - iii) Tourism Western Australia participated in the MasterChef marketing opportunity based on increasing awareness of the State. This exposure was invaluable; more than six million Australians watched the three episodes and the series is now being scheduled for airing in multiple international markets.
The media impact alone, as stated above, was conservatively valued at $9 million in Estimated Advertising Value. It is expected that economic outcomes will be delivered over an extended length of time as consumers make bookings as a result of the show. Anecdotally, some operators in the Margaret River region have reported a busier than usual winter season and have attributed this to MasterChef.
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