WESTERN Australia is offering eligible working holidaymakers an incentive of $2,100 per visitor in a bid to shore up its tourism sector.
Part of the broader “Stay and Play” initiative, the offer has been extended to travellers from key international markets such as the United Kingdom, Japan, Europe and South Korea, as well as from interstate, and arrives on the back of an extra $70 million in tourism funding announced in the latest State Budget (TD 13 May).
The incentive offers overseas arrivals an accommodation allowance of $40 per night up to a maximum of six weeks (12 weeks for Australians), as well as a one-off allowance up to $500 to assist with travel costs, when they agree to work in select locations under WA’s Regional Agriculture, Tourism and Hospitality Workers Travel and Accommodation Support Scheme.
Jobs are currently sought in Albany, Bunbury and the South-West, Broome, Esperance, Exmouth, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Kununurra, Mandurah and Peel, and the Margaret River, to name just a few listed on The Paid Escape website.
“The full reopening of the WA border in early Mar has helped resolve some of these short-term labour shortages in the hospitality and tourism sectors, but we know there are still many businesses struggling to fill vacancies and we need to recruit further afield to restore a full workforce,” WA Tourism Minister Roger Cook said.
“Seasonal employees play a vital role in delivering a high-quality tourism to the state,” he added.
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Source: traveldaily