❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details about the Swan Valley Explorer bus service, including funding, usage, job creation, and visitor attraction. The answer reveals the service was discontinued before a full report could be delivered, and some data is unavailable to Tourism WA.
AnsweredQoN 635Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
SWAN VALLEY EXPLORER BUS
SERVICE
635. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Tourism:
I refer to the minister's
media statement of 29 October 2018 entitled ''Hop on, hop off in the
Swan Valley''.
(1) How much funding was provided
by Tourism WA for the service?
(2) What were the terms of the
funding provided?
(3) What was the
expected number of persons a month who would use the service and the actual
number?
(4) How many jobs were created
resulting from this initiative?
(5) How many domestic
and international visitors were attracted to the region arising from the
initiative?
SERVICE
635. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Tourism:
I refer to the minister's
media statement of 29 October 2018 entitled ''Hop on, hop off in the
Swan Valley''.
(1) How much funding was provided
by Tourism WA for the service?
(2) What were the terms of the
funding provided?
(3) What was the
expected number of persons a month who would use the service and the actual
number?
(4) How many jobs were created
resulting from this initiative?
(5) How many domestic
and international visitors were attracted to the region arising from the
initiative?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the
question. The following information has been provided by the Minister for
Tourism.
(1) Tourism WA provides $50 000 to the City of Swan as
part of an election commitment. The city chose to use this funding to
support the Swan Valley Explorer, a venture to be run by commercial operator
Adams coachlines. Tourism WA supported this use of the funds because a hop on,
hop off bus service was identified as a priority in the city's tourism
strategy 2015–20 and was endorsed by the local tourism industry
represented by the Swan Valley Tourism Alliance.
(2) A six-month
report on passenger numbers was due in May 2019; however, the service was
discontinued before that date.
(3) On 12 April
2019, Adams coachlines distributed a statement to Swan Valley stakeholders,
which stated that in its financial modelling to cover its operational costs
alone and not including overheads, it anticipated that the SVE would carry a weekly
average of a little over 500 passengers, as already stated the average is
slightly under 200 passengers a week.
(4) This information should be
requested from Adams coachlines.
(5) The tourism data that Tourism
WA has access to does not provide this level of information.
question. The following information has been provided by the Minister for
Tourism.
(1) Tourism WA provides $50 000 to the City of Swan as
part of an election commitment. The city chose to use this funding to
support the Swan Valley Explorer, a venture to be run by commercial operator
Adams coachlines. Tourism WA supported this use of the funds because a hop on,
hop off bus service was identified as a priority in the city's tourism
strategy 2015–20 and was endorsed by the local tourism industry
represented by the Swan Valley Tourism Alliance.
(2) A six-month
report on passenger numbers was due in May 2019; however, the service was
discontinued before that date.
(3) On 12 April
2019, Adams coachlines distributed a statement to Swan Valley stakeholders,
which stated that in its financial modelling to cover its operational costs
alone and not including overheads, it anticipated that the SVE would carry a weekly
average of a little over 500 passengers, as already stated the average is
slightly under 200 passengers a week.
(4) This information should be
requested from Adams coachlines.
(5) The tourism data that Tourism
WA has access to does not provide this level of information.
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