❓ Hon. Norman Moore asks if the Minister is aware of Exmouth tourist operators wanting to be part of Australia's north west region instead of the coral coast, and if the Minister will consider changing tourism region boundaries. The Minister's response deflects, highlighting the current regional tourism structure and ongoing review, inviting submissions.
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(1) Is the minister aware that a number of tourist operators in Exmouth believe that Exmouth and the Ningaloo Reef area should be part of Australia’s north west rather than Australia’s coral coast region? (2) If so, will the minister give consideration to changing the tourism region boundaries to reflect this concern? Hon JON FORD
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Tourism has provided the following answer - (1)-(2) In July 2003, Tourism Western Australia introduced the new concept for state tourism, which involved the realignment of 11 tourism regions into five in order to streamline regional tourism marketing in the state. We now have five iconic regions that are professionally promoted in the national and international markets by skilled tourism marketing experts. We have a structure that ensures valuable regional tourism marketing dollars are spent wisely to return the greatest economic benefit for regional communities. The alignment of the regions was not a matter of just carving up the state; the boundaries were developed using visitor data and consumer and trade research from focus group meetings, and by considering the holiday experience that each destination offers. Australia’s coral coast is a well-balanced region offering visitors some of the state’s best marine product. The region comprises the coastal area from Cervantes through to Exmouth, including our marine treasures of Leeman with its sea lions, the Abrolhos Islands, Geraldton and Kalbarri’s water playgrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon’s blowholes and surfing, Coral Bay and Exmouth’s Ningaloo Reef. Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
(2) If so, will the minister give consideration to changing the tourism region boundaries to reflect this concern? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Tourism has provided the following answer - (1)-(2) In July 2003, Tourism Western Australia introduced the new concept for state tourism, which involved the realignment of 11 tourism regions into five in order to streamline regional tourism marketing in the state. We now have five iconic regions that are professionally promoted in the national and international markets by skilled tourism marketing experts. We have a structure that ensures valuable regional tourism marketing dollars are spent wisely to return the greatest economic benefit for regional communities. The alignment of the regions was not a matter of just carving up the state; the boundaries were developed using visitor data and consumer and trade research from focus group meetings, and by considering the holiday experience that each destination offers. Australia’s coral coast is a well-balanced region offering visitors some of the state’s best marine product. The region comprises the coastal area from Cervantes through to Exmouth, including our marine treasures of Leeman with its sea lions, the Abrolhos Islands, Geraldton and Kalbarri’s water playgrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon’s blowholes and surfing, Coral Bay and Exmouth’s Ningaloo Reef. Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Tourism has provided the following answer - (1)-(2) In July 2003, Tourism Western Australia introduced the new concept for state tourism, which involved the realignment of 11 tourism regions into five in order to streamline regional tourism marketing in the state. We now have five iconic regions that are professionally promoted in the national and international markets by skilled tourism marketing experts. We have a structure that ensures valuable regional tourism marketing dollars are spent wisely to return the greatest economic benefit for regional communities. The alignment of the regions was not a matter of just carving up the state; the boundaries were developed using visitor data and consumer and trade research from focus group meetings, and by considering the holiday experience that each destination offers. Australia’s coral coast is a well-balanced region offering visitors some of the state’s best marine product. The region comprises the coastal area from Cervantes through to Exmouth, including our marine treasures of Leeman with its sea lions, the Abrolhos Islands, Geraldton and Kalbarri’s water playgrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon’s blowholes and surfing, Coral Bay and Exmouth’s Ningaloo Reef. Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Tourism has provided the following answer - (1)-(2) In July 2003, Tourism Western Australia introduced the new concept for state tourism, which involved the realignment of 11 tourism regions into five in order to streamline regional tourism marketing in the state. We now have five iconic regions that are professionally promoted in the national and international markets by skilled tourism marketing experts. We have a structure that ensures valuable regional tourism marketing dollars are spent wisely to return the greatest economic benefit for regional communities. The alignment of the regions was not a matter of just carving up the state; the boundaries were developed using visitor data and consumer and trade research from focus group meetings, and by considering the holiday experience that each destination offers. Australia’s coral coast is a well-balanced region offering visitors some of the state’s best marine product. The region comprises the coastal area from Cervantes through to Exmouth, including our marine treasures of Leeman with its sea lions, the Abrolhos Islands, Geraldton and Kalbarri’s water playgrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon’s blowholes and surfing, Coral Bay and Exmouth’s Ningaloo Reef. Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
(1)-(2) In July 2003, Tourism Western Australia introduced the new concept for state tourism, which involved the realignment of 11 tourism regions into five in order to streamline regional tourism marketing in the state. We now have five iconic regions that are professionally promoted in the national and international markets by skilled tourism marketing experts. We have a structure that ensures valuable regional tourism marketing dollars are spent wisely to return the greatest economic benefit for regional communities. The alignment of the regions was not a matter of just carving up the state; the boundaries were developed using visitor data and consumer and trade research from focus group meetings, and by considering the holiday experience that each destination offers. Australia’s coral coast is a well-balanced region offering visitors some of the state’s best marine product. The region comprises the coastal area from Cervantes through to Exmouth, including our marine treasures of Leeman with its sea lions, the Abrolhos Islands, Geraldton and Kalbarri’s water playgrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon’s blowholes and surfing, Coral Bay and Exmouth’s Ningaloo Reef. Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
(2) If so, will the minister give consideration to changing the tourism region boundaries to reflect this concern? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Tourism has provided the following answer - (1)-(2) In July 2003, Tourism Western Australia introduced the new concept for state tourism, which involved the realignment of 11 tourism regions into five in order to streamline regional tourism marketing in the state. We now have five iconic regions that are professionally promoted in the national and international markets by skilled tourism marketing experts. We have a structure that ensures valuable regional tourism marketing dollars are spent wisely to return the greatest economic benefit for regional communities. The alignment of the regions was not a matter of just carving up the state; the boundaries were developed using visitor data and consumer and trade research from focus group meetings, and by considering the holiday experience that each destination offers. Australia’s coral coast is a well-balanced region offering visitors some of the state’s best marine product. The region comprises the coastal area from Cervantes through to Exmouth, including our marine treasures of Leeman with its sea lions, the Abrolhos Islands, Geraldton and Kalbarri’s water playgrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon’s blowholes and surfing, Coral Bay and Exmouth’s Ningaloo Reef. Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Tourism has provided the following answer - (1)-(2) In July 2003, Tourism Western Australia introduced the new concept for state tourism, which involved the realignment of 11 tourism regions into five in order to streamline regional tourism marketing in the state. We now have five iconic regions that are professionally promoted in the national and international markets by skilled tourism marketing experts. We have a structure that ensures valuable regional tourism marketing dollars are spent wisely to return the greatest economic benefit for regional communities. The alignment of the regions was not a matter of just carving up the state; the boundaries were developed using visitor data and consumer and trade research from focus group meetings, and by considering the holiday experience that each destination offers. Australia’s coral coast is a well-balanced region offering visitors some of the state’s best marine product. The region comprises the coastal area from Cervantes through to Exmouth, including our marine treasures of Leeman with its sea lions, the Abrolhos Islands, Geraldton and Kalbarri’s water playgrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon’s blowholes and surfing, Coral Bay and Exmouth’s Ningaloo Reef. Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Tourism has provided the following answer - (1)-(2) In July 2003, Tourism Western Australia introduced the new concept for state tourism, which involved the realignment of 11 tourism regions into five in order to streamline regional tourism marketing in the state. We now have five iconic regions that are professionally promoted in the national and international markets by skilled tourism marketing experts. We have a structure that ensures valuable regional tourism marketing dollars are spent wisely to return the greatest economic benefit for regional communities. The alignment of the regions was not a matter of just carving up the state; the boundaries were developed using visitor data and consumer and trade research from focus group meetings, and by considering the holiday experience that each destination offers. Australia’s coral coast is a well-balanced region offering visitors some of the state’s best marine product. The region comprises the coastal area from Cervantes through to Exmouth, including our marine treasures of Leeman with its sea lions, the Abrolhos Islands, Geraldton and Kalbarri’s water playgrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon’s blowholes and surfing, Coral Bay and Exmouth’s Ningaloo Reef. Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
(1)-(2) In July 2003, Tourism Western Australia introduced the new concept for state tourism, which involved the realignment of 11 tourism regions into five in order to streamline regional tourism marketing in the state. We now have five iconic regions that are professionally promoted in the national and international markets by skilled tourism marketing experts. We have a structure that ensures valuable regional tourism marketing dollars are spent wisely to return the greatest economic benefit for regional communities. The alignment of the regions was not a matter of just carving up the state; the boundaries were developed using visitor data and consumer and trade research from focus group meetings, and by considering the holiday experience that each destination offers. Australia’s coral coast is a well-balanced region offering visitors some of the state’s best marine product. The region comprises the coastal area from Cervantes through to Exmouth, including our marine treasures of Leeman with its sea lions, the Abrolhos Islands, Geraldton and Kalbarri’s water playgrounds, Shark Bay, Carnarvon’s blowholes and surfing, Coral Bay and Exmouth’s Ningaloo Reef. Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
Hon Norman Moore : We already know all that; we want the answer to the question. Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
Hon JON FORD : This is the answer provided by the minister. When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
When the government developed the new concept for state tourism, it acknowledged the need for regional stakeholders to have the opportunity to review the structure. Last week, Tourism wa launched its review of the performance of the current regional tourism structure. As part of this, Tourism wa invites industry and other stakeholders to provide comment by completing a submission form that can be downloaded from the web site westernaustralia.com. I encourage those Exmouth operators who wish to comment on the regional boundaries to make the comments during the public comment period, which closes on 23 December 2005.
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