Tourism

The Parmelia Hilton Perth will reopen next month, following a 10-month refurbishment featuring touchless technology and a new thoroughfare to Brookfield Place.

The state government has hailed the findings of new research from Deloitte Access Economics purporting to show Ningaloo Coast as an economic powerhouse of northern WA.

The 229-room DoubleTree by Hilton Perth Waterfront has welcomed its first guests today, the latest project of several Hilton hotels under way or in the pipeline for Western Australia.

A site fronting Middleton Beach in Albany has been sold to a consortium that plans to develop a four-star plus hotel featuring up to 100 rooms.

The state government has welcomed Virgin Australia's move to lower regional airfares, which Premier Mark McGowan says will benefit residents in WA making last-minute bookings.

Jetstar will restart direct flights between Melbourne and Margaret River in March, one year after the COVID-19 pandemic had iced the route.

Travel group Helloworld is losing up to $2 million per month amid the pandemic, but company bosses expect trade will improve early next year.

Can the Great Southern continue to attract large numbers of visitors after the state opens its borders?

It is unclear what effect a partial reopening of WA’s border will mean for the state’s beleaguered tourism sector.

Perth Airport has revealed the full extent of COVID-19’s impact, with plunging revenue and passenger numbers and an expectation it will take up to four years to fully recover.

Perth business owner Alexandra Burt, whose interests include Voyager Estate winery, has lifted her low public profile by joining the board of Tourism Australia.

Our aversion to risk is making locals discover what this state has to offer.

Scott Morrison has insisted border closures are up to premiers while offering the lure of tourist dollars from New Zealand and interstate.

Tourism Minister Paul Papalia is facing backlash after he said accommodation providers in WA's regions were too full to take in any more from interstate.

The state government has today announced millions of dollars in support for local tourism operators as critics have continued calls for WA to reopen its domestic border.

Flight Centre is closing 90 of its travel agencies across the world, having already cut about 4,000 jobs this year due to the pandemic ravaging the travel industry.

Visitation to Rottnest Island fell by 36 per cent in the previous financial year as travel restrictions transformed the tourist hotspot into a COVID-19 quarantine zone.

Revenue at Perth's Crown Casino fell by more than $140 million in the past financial year after the venue was forced to close for three months because of COVID-19, while the number of visitors also fell by 2 million.

Broome’s Chinatown Revitalisation to create a world-class tourism precinct in the Kimberley has been given the green light.

Western Australia will set up a new quarantine hotel and may reduce elective surgery to cope with an influx of returned travellers.

The nation's coronavirus death toll has pushed beyond 800 as border closures and the heartbreak they create continue to cause friction between federal and state leaders.

New tourism data reveals the number of domestic tourists to WA fell 15 per cent in the month of June, the smallest decrease recorded nationally.

Brodie Carr will reportedly step down as managing director of Tourism WA so his wife can move closer to her family in France.

The limit on the number of Australians able to arrive home is being revised after a meeting of the nation's leaders.

WA’s hard borders will continue as other states look to ease restrictions by Christmas, with Mark McGowan warning a Brazilian-style resources industry outbreak would be catastrophic.

The federal government is ramping-up pressure on the states to open their borders, releasing new modelling showing $55 billion could be wiped from Australia's tourism industry.

States and territories have been urged to endorse a new definition of coronavirus hotspots as the federal government turns the screws on border closures.

The Environmental Protection Authority plans to review the cumulative impact of several developments near Onslow, including a plan for a deepwater jetty for cruise ships.

Border closures are having a magnified impact on some WA businesses, with calls for a clear strategy on reopening and possible compensation.

Flight Centre shares have fallen after the travel business reported a $510 million loss as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Creating flight corridors with COVID-safe countries and attracting financial services to Perth from Hong Kong are on the agenda for COVID recovery chair Nev Power.

The frustration felt by tourism businesses about coronavirus restrictions and border closures is at boiling point, and jobs are on the line, a Senate inquiry has been told.