❓ Ms. Mettam asks about the benefits of the 'Taste 2020' food and wine tourism strategy. The Minister outlines the strategy's goals to promote regional food and wine specialties and create tourism opportunities.
AnsweredQoN 772Legislative Assembly
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FOOD AND WINE TOURISM STRATEGY — ''TASTE 2020''
772. Ms L. METTAM to the
Minister for Tourism:
I understand the Premier launched ''Taste 2020'',
a strategy for food and wine tourism, at the WA Tourism Conference this
morning. Could the minister tell us how it will benefit the state's
tourism and hospitality industries?
772. Ms L. METTAM to the
Minister for Tourism:
I understand the Premier launched ''Taste 2020'',
a strategy for food and wine tourism, at the WA Tourism Conference this
morning. Could the minister tell us how it will benefit the state's
tourism and hospitality industries?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question and the Premier for going
to the launch this morning and launching ''Taste 2020'', a
strategy for food and wine tourism in Western Australia. This is something we
committed to at the 2013 election. We recognised that, despite the fact that we
were supporting a large number of events in this state, particularly through
royalties for regions funding for events such as the Margaret River Gourmet
Escape and Taste Great Southern, there was a lack of connectivity with the
promotion of food and wine in other parts of the world to attract people to
Western Australia. Therefore, I asked Tourism WA to consult with different
organisations and put together a strategy. It did that with the Department of
Regional Development, the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Department
of Fisheries and it had numerous public consultations to make sure that we had
a strategy that would stand this state in good stead. That was released this
morning. It not only puts together the events that we already fund—we
do a lot of them, including the Gourmet Escape, the Truffle Kerfuffle Southern
Forests Food Festival, the Ord Valley Muster, the Shinju Matsuri Festival and A
Taste of Broome—but also provides on a regional basis opportunities for
food and wine tourism in this state, because a large number of international
and interstate tourists do so partially with a mind to what there is to see and
do, but particularly to look for a gourmet food and wine experience.
The SPEAKER : There
is a lot of talking going on. There is a lot of talkage by those to my right—but
not you, member for Jandakot. Can you please give it a break.
Dr K.D. HAMES :
This strategy aims to get each region to put together its specialty for food
and wine, if it is available, such as abalone from down south, truffles from
Manjimup, mud crabs and barramundi from the Kimberley and marron from the south
west. There are so many different food opportunities and so many different food
experiences, and linked with that are the magnificent wines we have in Western
Australia. We want each region to develop its own specialty for the area and we
want to look at how we can promote that and create food and wine trails, and
then market that internationally and follow through on those areas and link
them together as a collective whole so that we can try to get tourists to come
to Perth and to Western Australia generally, but also to spread into the
regions to grow regional tourism in this state. It is a great project and I
think it will bring enormous benefits to this state in the future.
to the launch this morning and launching ''Taste 2020'', a
strategy for food and wine tourism in Western Australia. This is something we
committed to at the 2013 election. We recognised that, despite the fact that we
were supporting a large number of events in this state, particularly through
royalties for regions funding for events such as the Margaret River Gourmet
Escape and Taste Great Southern, there was a lack of connectivity with the
promotion of food and wine in other parts of the world to attract people to
Western Australia. Therefore, I asked Tourism WA to consult with different
organisations and put together a strategy. It did that with the Department of
Regional Development, the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Department
of Fisheries and it had numerous public consultations to make sure that we had
a strategy that would stand this state in good stead. That was released this
morning. It not only puts together the events that we already fund—we
do a lot of them, including the Gourmet Escape, the Truffle Kerfuffle Southern
Forests Food Festival, the Ord Valley Muster, the Shinju Matsuri Festival and A
Taste of Broome—but also provides on a regional basis opportunities for
food and wine tourism in this state, because a large number of international
and interstate tourists do so partially with a mind to what there is to see and
do, but particularly to look for a gourmet food and wine experience.
The SPEAKER : There
is a lot of talking going on. There is a lot of talkage by those to my right—but
not you, member for Jandakot. Can you please give it a break.
Dr K.D. HAMES :
This strategy aims to get each region to put together its specialty for food
and wine, if it is available, such as abalone from down south, truffles from
Manjimup, mud crabs and barramundi from the Kimberley and marron from the south
west. There are so many different food opportunities and so many different food
experiences, and linked with that are the magnificent wines we have in Western
Australia. We want each region to develop its own specialty for the area and we
want to look at how we can promote that and create food and wine trails, and
then market that internationally and follow through on those areas and link
them together as a collective whole so that we can try to get tourists to come
to Perth and to Western Australia generally, but also to spread into the
regions to grow regional tourism in this state. It is a great project and I
think it will bring enormous benefits to this state in the future.
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