❓ Hon Giz Watson inquires about a new economic viability study for the Mauds Landing resort development post-9/11, considering the international tourism downturn. Hon Tom Stephens responds that no new study is known, as the project focuses on domestic tourism, which remains strong.
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MAUDS LANDING RESORT DEVELOPMENT, NEW STUDY
I refer to the study done by PricewaterhouseCoopers into the economic viability of a proposed resort development at Mauds Landing. (1) Has a new study been conducted into the development since 11 September last year? (2) If so, when was the study done and by whom? (3) If not, why not, given the significant downturn in international tourism since that date? Hon TOM STEPHENS
I refer to the study done by PricewaterhouseCoopers into the economic viability of a proposed resort development at Mauds Landing. (1) Has a new study been conducted into the development since 11 September last year? (2) If so, when was the study done and by whom? (3) If not, why not, given the significant downturn in international tourism since that date? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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(1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(1) Has a new study been conducted into the development since 11 September last year? (2) If so, when was the study done and by whom? (3) If not, why not, given the significant downturn in international tourism since that date? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(2) If so, when was the study done and by whom? (3) If not, why not, given the significant downturn in international tourism since that date? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(3) If not, why not, given the significant downturn in international tourism since that date? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(1) Has a new study been conducted into the development since 11 September last year? (2) If so, when was the study done and by whom? (3) If not, why not, given the significant downturn in international tourism since that date? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(2) If so, when was the study done and by whom? (3) If not, why not, given the significant downturn in international tourism since that date? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(3) If not, why not, given the significant downturn in international tourism since that date? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(1) Not to my knowledge. (2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(2) Not applicable. (3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
(3) I am advised that Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd, the proponents for the Mauds Landing resort, has based its business planning predominantly on domestic tourism; that is, people from within Australia and Western Australia. I am advised by the WA Tourism Commission that immediately following 11 September, statistics indicated a nine per cent drop in international visitors to Australia. There are no figures for international arrivals to Western Australia at this time due to the problems associated with the international visitation survey caused by the federal department of immigration. However, evidence suggests that international traffic in Western Australia is recovering strongly, with keen interest from our core markets in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan and greater interest from the United States, which has been identified by the Western Australian Tourism Commission as a future market. Although it is too early to predict future international travelling trends, several factors point to Western Australia remaining a viable and safe holiday destination in the eyes of the international travelling public. Western Australia is also enjoying strong growth in interstate and intrastate tourism markets, which should be enhanced with the announcement by Qantas that it has increased its air capacity from the eastern States. The increased popularity of the Western Australian coastline, by virtue of the brilliant writing of Tim Winton, will continue to add an enormous amount of interest and pressure on our coastline. More people want to explore and enjoy the great wilderness experience that is described so brilliantly by Tim. I suspect that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world will continue to descend upon our coastline.
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