❓ The Minister for Tourism reports positive tourism figures for Western Australia, highlighting record expenditure and growth in visitor numbers. The Minister also defends against criticism regarding tourism investment.
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TOURISM RESEARCH
Can the minister advise the house of any national tourism research released this week, and any relevant information pertaining to Western Australia? Ms S.M. McHALE
Can the minister advise the house of any national tourism research released this week, and any relevant information pertaining to Western Australia? Ms S.M. McHALE
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I thank the member for his question and I really appreciate his efforts in trying to entice tourists to Western Australia. He is a great advocate for Western Australia. I am delighted to inform the house that figures were released yesterday on interstate and intrastate visitors. The figures are very positive indeed for Western Australia. They build on the figures released last week for international visitors, which showed that an increased number of international visitors were staying longer and that their spending has boomed to a record high. Madam Deputy Speaker, I can report to the house that the expenditure from international and interstate visitors and intrastate travellers has injected a record $4.8 billion into Western Australia’s economy over the past year. Our marketing is actually working. There has been a massive growth in interstate visitor numbers of more than 22 per cent to 1.3 million visitors. This is the greatest growth in visitor numbers in the nation; Western Australia had the highest rate of growth for visitors over the past 12 months. Spending by people travelling to Western Australia from other states and territories has grown and is better than the national average. Spending by Western Australians holidaying within our state has risen to an all-time high of just over $2 billion. These are very good indicators. The number of nights spent in Western Australia by interstate visitors and intrastate holidaymakers has risen substantially to more than 30 million nights over the past year. This is positive news. These figures should always be taken with some caution, but the trends are very positive indeed. We are outstripping the nation in growth, which is important. The amount of money people are spending is really important. It is pleasing to note that much of this growth is due to holidaymakers. I hope the opposition reports on this correctly, because the opposition has a tendency to completely misrepresent the real facts of tourism. I will give an example. The member for Perth might be interested in this. The shadow Minister for Tourism said that I had misled the Western Australian public on tourism investment. The opposition is misleading the Western Australian community. The member unfortunately, once again, ignored the facts, so I will give the facts to the house. The facts about tourism accommodation, infrastructure and development are that projects worth more than $1 billion are in the planning stage, projects worth $288 million are in the construction stage, and projects worth $101 million have been completed over the past 12 months. There is a lot of development taking place in Western Australian tourism. I encourage the member for Perth to keep coming up with ideas and to maintain his personal contribution to tourism in Western Australia. I hope he has a holiday here. Visitors to Western Australia spent a record $4.8 billion, interstate visitors increased by 22 per cent, the interstate visitor spend was up by 27 per cent, and interstate visitor nights have risen to more than 30 million. That is very good for the Western Australian economy. It is in part driven by our marketing. Our marketing is working internationally and interstate.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for his question and I really appreciate his efforts in trying to entice tourists to Western Australia. He is a great advocate for Western Australia. I am delighted to inform the house that figures were released yesterday on interstate and intrastate visitors. The figures are very positive indeed for Western Australia. They build on the figures released last week for international visitors, which showed that an increased number of international visitors were staying longer and that their spending has boomed to a record high. Madam Deputy Speaker, I can report to the house that the expenditure from international and interstate visitors and intrastate travellers has injected a record $4.8 billion into Western Australia’s economy over the past year. Our marketing is actually working. There has been a massive growth in interstate visitor numbers of more than 22 per cent to 1.3 million visitors. This is the greatest growth in visitor numbers in the nation; Western Australia had the highest rate of growth for visitors over the past 12 months. Spending by people travelling to Western Australia from other states and territories has grown and is better than the national average. Spending by Western Australians holidaying within our state has risen to an all-time high of just over $2 billion. These are very good indicators. The number of nights spent in Western Australia by interstate visitors and intrastate holidaymakers has risen substantially to more than 30 million nights over the past year. This is positive news. These figures should always be taken with some caution, but the trends are very positive indeed. We are outstripping the nation in growth, which is important. The amount of money people are spending is really important. It is pleasing to note that much of this growth is due to holidaymakers. I hope the opposition reports on this correctly, because the opposition has a tendency to completely misrepresent the real facts of tourism. I will give an example. The member for Perth might be interested in this. The shadow Minister for Tourism said that I had misled the Western Australian public on tourism investment. The opposition is misleading the Western Australian community. The member unfortunately, once again, ignored the facts, so I will give the facts to the house. The facts about tourism accommodation, infrastructure and development are that projects worth more than $1 billion are in the planning stage, projects worth $288 million are in the construction stage, and projects worth $101 million have been completed over the past 12 months. There is a lot of development taking place in Western Australian tourism. I encourage the member for Perth to keep coming up with ideas and to maintain his personal contribution to tourism in Western Australia. I hope he has a holiday here. Visitors to Western Australia spent a record $4.8 billion, interstate visitors increased by 22 per cent, the interstate visitor spend was up by 27 per cent, and interstate visitor nights have risen to more than 30 million. That is very good for the Western Australian economy. It is in part driven by our marketing. Our marketing is working internationally and interstate.
I thank the member for his question and I really appreciate his efforts in trying to entice tourists to Western Australia. He is a great advocate for Western Australia. I am delighted to inform the house that figures were released yesterday on interstate and intrastate visitors. The figures are very positive indeed for Western Australia. They build on the figures released last week for international visitors, which showed that an increased number of international visitors were staying longer and that their spending has boomed to a record high. Madam Deputy Speaker, I can report to the house that the expenditure from international and interstate visitors and intrastate travellers has injected a record $4.8 billion into Western Australia’s economy over the past year. Our marketing is actually working. There has been a massive growth in interstate visitor numbers of more than 22 per cent to 1.3 million visitors. This is the greatest growth in visitor numbers in the nation; Western Australia had the highest rate of growth for visitors over the past 12 months. Spending by people travelling to Western Australia from other states and territories has grown and is better than the national average. Spending by Western Australians holidaying within our state has risen to an all-time high of just over $2 billion. These are very good indicators. The number of nights spent in Western Australia by interstate visitors and intrastate holidaymakers has risen substantially to more than 30 million nights over the past year. This is positive news. These figures should always be taken with some caution, but the trends are very positive indeed. We are outstripping the nation in growth, which is important. The amount of money people are spending is really important. It is pleasing to note that much of this growth is due to holidaymakers. I hope the opposition reports on this correctly, because the opposition has a tendency to completely misrepresent the real facts of tourism. I will give an example. The member for Perth might be interested in this. The shadow Minister for Tourism said that I had misled the Western Australian public on tourism investment. The opposition is misleading the Western Australian community. The member unfortunately, once again, ignored the facts, so I will give the facts to the house. The facts about tourism accommodation, infrastructure and development are that projects worth more than $1 billion are in the planning stage, projects worth $288 million are in the construction stage, and projects worth $101 million have been completed over the past 12 months. There is a lot of development taking place in Western Australian tourism. I encourage the member for Perth to keep coming up with ideas and to maintain his personal contribution to tourism in Western Australia. I hope he has a holiday here. Visitors to Western Australia spent a record $4.8 billion, interstate visitors increased by 22 per cent, the interstate visitor spend was up by 27 per cent, and interstate visitor nights have risen to more than 30 million. That is very good for the Western Australian economy. It is in part driven by our marketing. Our marketing is working internationally and interstate.
I hope the opposition reports on this correctly, because the opposition has a tendency to completely misrepresent the real facts of tourism. I will give an example. The member for Perth might be interested in this. The shadow Minister for Tourism said that I had misled the Western Australian public on tourism investment. The opposition is misleading the Western Australian community. The member unfortunately, once again, ignored the facts, so I will give the facts to the house. The facts about tourism accommodation, infrastructure and development are that projects worth more than $1 billion are in the planning stage, projects worth $288 million are in the construction stage, and projects worth $101 million have been completed over the past 12 months. There is a lot of development taking place in Western Australian tourism. I encourage the member for Perth to keep coming up with ideas and to maintain his personal contribution to tourism in Western Australia. I hope he has a holiday here. Visitors to Western Australia spent a record $4.8 billion, interstate visitors increased by 22 per cent, the interstate visitor spend was up by 27 per cent, and interstate visitor nights have risen to more than 30 million. That is very good for the Western Australian economy. It is in part driven by our marketing. Our marketing is working internationally and interstate.
There is a lot of development taking place in Western Australian tourism. I encourage the member for Perth to keep coming up with ideas and to maintain his personal contribution to tourism in Western Australia. I hope he has a holiday here. Visitors to Western Australia spent a record $4.8 billion, interstate visitors increased by 22 per cent, the interstate visitor spend was up by 27 per cent, and interstate visitor nights have risen to more than 30 million. That is very good for the Western Australian economy. It is in part driven by our marketing. Our marketing is working internationally and interstate.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for his question and I really appreciate his efforts in trying to entice tourists to Western Australia. He is a great advocate for Western Australia. I am delighted to inform the house that figures were released yesterday on interstate and intrastate visitors. The figures are very positive indeed for Western Australia. They build on the figures released last week for international visitors, which showed that an increased number of international visitors were staying longer and that their spending has boomed to a record high. Madam Deputy Speaker, I can report to the house that the expenditure from international and interstate visitors and intrastate travellers has injected a record $4.8 billion into Western Australia’s economy over the past year. Our marketing is actually working. There has been a massive growth in interstate visitor numbers of more than 22 per cent to 1.3 million visitors. This is the greatest growth in visitor numbers in the nation; Western Australia had the highest rate of growth for visitors over the past 12 months. Spending by people travelling to Western Australia from other states and territories has grown and is better than the national average. Spending by Western Australians holidaying within our state has risen to an all-time high of just over $2 billion. These are very good indicators. The number of nights spent in Western Australia by interstate visitors and intrastate holidaymakers has risen substantially to more than 30 million nights over the past year. This is positive news. These figures should always be taken with some caution, but the trends are very positive indeed. We are outstripping the nation in growth, which is important. The amount of money people are spending is really important. It is pleasing to note that much of this growth is due to holidaymakers. I hope the opposition reports on this correctly, because the opposition has a tendency to completely misrepresent the real facts of tourism. I will give an example. The member for Perth might be interested in this. The shadow Minister for Tourism said that I had misled the Western Australian public on tourism investment. The opposition is misleading the Western Australian community. The member unfortunately, once again, ignored the facts, so I will give the facts to the house. The facts about tourism accommodation, infrastructure and development are that projects worth more than $1 billion are in the planning stage, projects worth $288 million are in the construction stage, and projects worth $101 million have been completed over the past 12 months. There is a lot of development taking place in Western Australian tourism. I encourage the member for Perth to keep coming up with ideas and to maintain his personal contribution to tourism in Western Australia. I hope he has a holiday here. Visitors to Western Australia spent a record $4.8 billion, interstate visitors increased by 22 per cent, the interstate visitor spend was up by 27 per cent, and interstate visitor nights have risen to more than 30 million. That is very good for the Western Australian economy. It is in part driven by our marketing. Our marketing is working internationally and interstate.
I thank the member for his question and I really appreciate his efforts in trying to entice tourists to Western Australia. He is a great advocate for Western Australia. I am delighted to inform the house that figures were released yesterday on interstate and intrastate visitors. The figures are very positive indeed for Western Australia. They build on the figures released last week for international visitors, which showed that an increased number of international visitors were staying longer and that their spending has boomed to a record high. Madam Deputy Speaker, I can report to the house that the expenditure from international and interstate visitors and intrastate travellers has injected a record $4.8 billion into Western Australia’s economy over the past year. Our marketing is actually working. There has been a massive growth in interstate visitor numbers of more than 22 per cent to 1.3 million visitors. This is the greatest growth in visitor numbers in the nation; Western Australia had the highest rate of growth for visitors over the past 12 months. Spending by people travelling to Western Australia from other states and territories has grown and is better than the national average. Spending by Western Australians holidaying within our state has risen to an all-time high of just over $2 billion. These are very good indicators. The number of nights spent in Western Australia by interstate visitors and intrastate holidaymakers has risen substantially to more than 30 million nights over the past year. This is positive news. These figures should always be taken with some caution, but the trends are very positive indeed. We are outstripping the nation in growth, which is important. The amount of money people are spending is really important. It is pleasing to note that much of this growth is due to holidaymakers. I hope the opposition reports on this correctly, because the opposition has a tendency to completely misrepresent the real facts of tourism. I will give an example. The member for Perth might be interested in this. The shadow Minister for Tourism said that I had misled the Western Australian public on tourism investment. The opposition is misleading the Western Australian community. The member unfortunately, once again, ignored the facts, so I will give the facts to the house. The facts about tourism accommodation, infrastructure and development are that projects worth more than $1 billion are in the planning stage, projects worth $288 million are in the construction stage, and projects worth $101 million have been completed over the past 12 months. There is a lot of development taking place in Western Australian tourism. I encourage the member for Perth to keep coming up with ideas and to maintain his personal contribution to tourism in Western Australia. I hope he has a holiday here. Visitors to Western Australia spent a record $4.8 billion, interstate visitors increased by 22 per cent, the interstate visitor spend was up by 27 per cent, and interstate visitor nights have risen to more than 30 million. That is very good for the Western Australian economy. It is in part driven by our marketing. Our marketing is working internationally and interstate.
I hope the opposition reports on this correctly, because the opposition has a tendency to completely misrepresent the real facts of tourism. I will give an example. The member for Perth might be interested in this. The shadow Minister for Tourism said that I had misled the Western Australian public on tourism investment. The opposition is misleading the Western Australian community. The member unfortunately, once again, ignored the facts, so I will give the facts to the house. The facts about tourism accommodation, infrastructure and development are that projects worth more than $1 billion are in the planning stage, projects worth $288 million are in the construction stage, and projects worth $101 million have been completed over the past 12 months. There is a lot of development taking place in Western Australian tourism. I encourage the member for Perth to keep coming up with ideas and to maintain his personal contribution to tourism in Western Australia. I hope he has a holiday here. Visitors to Western Australia spent a record $4.8 billion, interstate visitors increased by 22 per cent, the interstate visitor spend was up by 27 per cent, and interstate visitor nights have risen to more than 30 million. That is very good for the Western Australian economy. It is in part driven by our marketing. Our marketing is working internationally and interstate.
There is a lot of development taking place in Western Australian tourism. I encourage the member for Perth to keep coming up with ideas and to maintain his personal contribution to tourism in Western Australia. I hope he has a holiday here. Visitors to Western Australia spent a record $4.8 billion, interstate visitors increased by 22 per cent, the interstate visitor spend was up by 27 per cent, and interstate visitor nights have risen to more than 30 million. That is very good for the Western Australian economy. It is in part driven by our marketing. Our marketing is working internationally and interstate.
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