A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the One Movement Festival, questioning the Minister's role in securing flights and the economic impact of tourism initiatives. The Minister's response deflects responsibility for flight negotiations and requests clarification on a specific financial commitment.

AnsweredQoN 4002Legislative Assembly
Asked
22 September 2010
Portfolio
Tourism

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(1) How many extra flights from overseas has the Minister negotiated with Singapore, Emirates, Thai, Garuda or other airlines to bring in tourists exclusively for the One Movement Festival next month?
(2) How many full-paying cultural tourists did the Minister’s $3 million commitment attract last year?
(3) What has the Minister done to ensure that the Western Australian taxpayer can transparently assess this year the real number of full-paying overseas and interstate tourists travelling into Perth to attend the Festival?

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Answered
20 October 2010
Responded by
Minister for Tourism
Response time
28 days
(1) It is not my role to negotiate flights in association with events, as I am not a travel agent.
(2) The Member will need to be more specific about which $3m commitment he is referring to.
(3) Eventscorp undertakes an independent economic impact analysis every two to three years on its major events. An independent economic impact analysis was conducted on the 2009 One Movement for Music event, which determined that visitors to the event stayed 3 700 nights and injected $1.3m into the Western Australian economy. Another independent economic impact analysis is scheduled for the 2011 One Movement for Music event.
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