❓ The Minister for Tourism addresses the impact of the global economic slowdown on WA's tourism industry, highlighting government initiatives to support the sector, successful events, and ongoing investment.
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TOURISM — ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
I note the good work done by this government on tourism, in particular, securing the Red Bull Air Race for another three years. Can the minister please update the house on the state of the Western Australian tourism industry in light of the worldwide economic slowdown? Dr E. CONSTABLE
I note the good work done by this government on tourism, in particular, securing the Red Bull Air Race for another three years. Can the minister please update the house on the state of the Western Australian tourism industry in light of the worldwide economic slowdown? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his question. We all know that the three great industries in Western Australia are the resources industry, agriculture and tourism. It is very important that we keep a watchful eye on the tourism industry during this economic downturn, given that spending on holidays and tourism is a discretionary decision for most people. We want to make sure that the industry rides through the economic downturn as well as it can. Mr Speaker, you will remember that in October the government commissioned Geoff Carmody to report on the likely impact of the global financial downturn on the industry. We received that report in November. There were warnings in that report. It predicted that there would be a decrease in demand for tourism in Western Australia. Since then we have been looking at various ways to make sure that the tourism industry is well supported. One of the things that we have done with the industry is initiate a tourism industry round table, which is a monthly meeting with key industry people that the industry actually asked for so that we could all be reading from the same page as we go forward during the next few months. That has been very helpful to the industry in keeping up with how things are going. Despite the downturn, we have had a number of very successful events in Western Australia with record crowds, including Sculpture by the Sea. The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were another great success this year for the third year in a row. It is a great pity that it cannot continue next year but we hope to get it back to Western Australia before too long. The Drug Aware Pro is on in Margaret River at the moment. I understand that the crowds have been excellent and excellent crowds are expected this weekend with the great weather that is predicted. The Johnnie Walker Classic was also a huge success this year, as was the Hopman Cup. All those events mean that we are promoting Western Australia through international and interstate media, a very important way of keeping the marketing of the industry going. Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his question. We all know that the three great industries in Western Australia are the resources industry, agriculture and tourism. It is very important that we keep a watchful eye on the tourism industry during this economic downturn, given that spending on holidays and tourism is a discretionary decision for most people. We want to make sure that the industry rides through the economic downturn as well as it can. Mr Speaker, you will remember that in October the government commissioned Geoff Carmody to report on the likely impact of the global financial downturn on the industry. We received that report in November. There were warnings in that report. It predicted that there would be a decrease in demand for tourism in Western Australia. Since then we have been looking at various ways to make sure that the tourism industry is well supported. One of the things that we have done with the industry is initiate a tourism industry round table, which is a monthly meeting with key industry people that the industry actually asked for so that we could all be reading from the same page as we go forward during the next few months. That has been very helpful to the industry in keeping up with how things are going. Despite the downturn, we have had a number of very successful events in Western Australia with record crowds, including Sculpture by the Sea. The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were another great success this year for the third year in a row. It is a great pity that it cannot continue next year but we hope to get it back to Western Australia before too long. The Drug Aware Pro is on in Margaret River at the moment. I understand that the crowds have been excellent and excellent crowds are expected this weekend with the great weather that is predicted. The Johnnie Walker Classic was also a huge success this year, as was the Hopman Cup. All those events mean that we are promoting Western Australia through international and interstate media, a very important way of keeping the marketing of the industry going. Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his question. We all know that the three great industries in Western Australia are the resources industry, agriculture and tourism. It is very important that we keep a watchful eye on the tourism industry during this economic downturn, given that spending on holidays and tourism is a discretionary decision for most people. We want to make sure that the industry rides through the economic downturn as well as it can. Mr Speaker, you will remember that in October the government commissioned Geoff Carmody to report on the likely impact of the global financial downturn on the industry. We received that report in November. There were warnings in that report. It predicted that there would be a decrease in demand for tourism in Western Australia. Since then we have been looking at various ways to make sure that the tourism industry is well supported. One of the things that we have done with the industry is initiate a tourism industry round table, which is a monthly meeting with key industry people that the industry actually asked for so that we could all be reading from the same page as we go forward during the next few months. That has been very helpful to the industry in keeping up with how things are going. Despite the downturn, we have had a number of very successful events in Western Australia with record crowds, including Sculpture by the Sea. The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were another great success this year for the third year in a row. It is a great pity that it cannot continue next year but we hope to get it back to Western Australia before too long. The Drug Aware Pro is on in Margaret River at the moment. I understand that the crowds have been excellent and excellent crowds are expected this weekend with the great weather that is predicted. The Johnnie Walker Classic was also a huge success this year, as was the Hopman Cup. All those events mean that we are promoting Western Australia through international and interstate media, a very important way of keeping the marketing of the industry going. Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Mr Speaker, you will remember that in October the government commissioned Geoff Carmody to report on the likely impact of the global financial downturn on the industry. We received that report in November. There were warnings in that report. It predicted that there would be a decrease in demand for tourism in Western Australia. Since then we have been looking at various ways to make sure that the tourism industry is well supported. One of the things that we have done with the industry is initiate a tourism industry round table, which is a monthly meeting with key industry people that the industry actually asked for so that we could all be reading from the same page as we go forward during the next few months. That has been very helpful to the industry in keeping up with how things are going. Despite the downturn, we have had a number of very successful events in Western Australia with record crowds, including Sculpture by the Sea. The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were another great success this year for the third year in a row. It is a great pity that it cannot continue next year but we hope to get it back to Western Australia before too long. The Drug Aware Pro is on in Margaret River at the moment. I understand that the crowds have been excellent and excellent crowds are expected this weekend with the great weather that is predicted. The Johnnie Walker Classic was also a huge success this year, as was the Hopman Cup. All those events mean that we are promoting Western Australia through international and interstate media, a very important way of keeping the marketing of the industry going. Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Despite the downturn, we have had a number of very successful events in Western Australia with record crowds, including Sculpture by the Sea. The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were another great success this year for the third year in a row. It is a great pity that it cannot continue next year but we hope to get it back to Western Australia before too long. The Drug Aware Pro is on in Margaret River at the moment. I understand that the crowds have been excellent and excellent crowds are expected this weekend with the great weather that is predicted. The Johnnie Walker Classic was also a huge success this year, as was the Hopman Cup. All those events mean that we are promoting Western Australia through international and interstate media, a very important way of keeping the marketing of the industry going. Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his question. We all know that the three great industries in Western Australia are the resources industry, agriculture and tourism. It is very important that we keep a watchful eye on the tourism industry during this economic downturn, given that spending on holidays and tourism is a discretionary decision for most people. We want to make sure that the industry rides through the economic downturn as well as it can. Mr Speaker, you will remember that in October the government commissioned Geoff Carmody to report on the likely impact of the global financial downturn on the industry. We received that report in November. There were warnings in that report. It predicted that there would be a decrease in demand for tourism in Western Australia. Since then we have been looking at various ways to make sure that the tourism industry is well supported. One of the things that we have done with the industry is initiate a tourism industry round table, which is a monthly meeting with key industry people that the industry actually asked for so that we could all be reading from the same page as we go forward during the next few months. That has been very helpful to the industry in keeping up with how things are going. Despite the downturn, we have had a number of very successful events in Western Australia with record crowds, including Sculpture by the Sea. The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were another great success this year for the third year in a row. It is a great pity that it cannot continue next year but we hope to get it back to Western Australia before too long. The Drug Aware Pro is on in Margaret River at the moment. I understand that the crowds have been excellent and excellent crowds are expected this weekend with the great weather that is predicted. The Johnnie Walker Classic was also a huge success this year, as was the Hopman Cup. All those events mean that we are promoting Western Australia through international and interstate media, a very important way of keeping the marketing of the industry going. Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his question. We all know that the three great industries in Western Australia are the resources industry, agriculture and tourism. It is very important that we keep a watchful eye on the tourism industry during this economic downturn, given that spending on holidays and tourism is a discretionary decision for most people. We want to make sure that the industry rides through the economic downturn as well as it can. Mr Speaker, you will remember that in October the government commissioned Geoff Carmody to report on the likely impact of the global financial downturn on the industry. We received that report in November. There were warnings in that report. It predicted that there would be a decrease in demand for tourism in Western Australia. Since then we have been looking at various ways to make sure that the tourism industry is well supported. One of the things that we have done with the industry is initiate a tourism industry round table, which is a monthly meeting with key industry people that the industry actually asked for so that we could all be reading from the same page as we go forward during the next few months. That has been very helpful to the industry in keeping up with how things are going. Despite the downturn, we have had a number of very successful events in Western Australia with record crowds, including Sculpture by the Sea. The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were another great success this year for the third year in a row. It is a great pity that it cannot continue next year but we hope to get it back to Western Australia before too long. The Drug Aware Pro is on in Margaret River at the moment. I understand that the crowds have been excellent and excellent crowds are expected this weekend with the great weather that is predicted. The Johnnie Walker Classic was also a huge success this year, as was the Hopman Cup. All those events mean that we are promoting Western Australia through international and interstate media, a very important way of keeping the marketing of the industry going. Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Mr Speaker, you will remember that in October the government commissioned Geoff Carmody to report on the likely impact of the global financial downturn on the industry. We received that report in November. There were warnings in that report. It predicted that there would be a decrease in demand for tourism in Western Australia. Since then we have been looking at various ways to make sure that the tourism industry is well supported. One of the things that we have done with the industry is initiate a tourism industry round table, which is a monthly meeting with key industry people that the industry actually asked for so that we could all be reading from the same page as we go forward during the next few months. That has been very helpful to the industry in keeping up with how things are going. Despite the downturn, we have had a number of very successful events in Western Australia with record crowds, including Sculpture by the Sea. The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were another great success this year for the third year in a row. It is a great pity that it cannot continue next year but we hope to get it back to Western Australia before too long. The Drug Aware Pro is on in Margaret River at the moment. I understand that the crowds have been excellent and excellent crowds are expected this weekend with the great weather that is predicted. The Johnnie Walker Classic was also a huge success this year, as was the Hopman Cup. All those events mean that we are promoting Western Australia through international and interstate media, a very important way of keeping the marketing of the industry going. Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Despite the downturn, we have had a number of very successful events in Western Australia with record crowds, including Sculpture by the Sea. The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were another great success this year for the third year in a row. It is a great pity that it cannot continue next year but we hope to get it back to Western Australia before too long. The Drug Aware Pro is on in Margaret River at the moment. I understand that the crowds have been excellent and excellent crowds are expected this weekend with the great weather that is predicted. The Johnnie Walker Classic was also a huge success this year, as was the Hopman Cup. All those events mean that we are promoting Western Australia through international and interstate media, a very important way of keeping the marketing of the industry going. Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Recent research has shown that last year Perth’s major hotels reached 82.4 per cent occupancy, which placed Perth at the top of a global survey on hotel occupancy. Last year we saw fairly buoyant times and we are hoping — Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. Carpenter : That’s because there’s a shortage of motel beds. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : We are maintaining that level. The key to tourism in Western Australia and one of the chief things that we have to look at is aviation. Both Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways have been developing new routes. Cathay Pacific now has daily flights between Perth and Hong Kong. We have actually had an increase in the number of flights coming in to and going out of Perth. Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. Carpenter : Two. Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : More than two. There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
There has been continued private investment in the accommodation sector, with the opening of a new resort at Preston Beach over the weekend. There are new resorts also opening in Kununurra and Broome very shortly. Over the past six months operators have asked the state government to continue to promote tourism in Western Australia and to continue our marketing thrust. We are doing that through the Holiday at Home campaign, which appears to have been very successful. The government will continue to support tourism as a great industry in Western Australia.
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