THE West Australian Government has allocated $1 million in funding to support 77 regional events, a move designed to help the state’s tourism sector recover from the pandemic.
The timing of the cash injection coincides with most of WA’s regional borders being relaxed from tomorrow, enabling the tourism industry to formally reopen to intrastate travellers.
“Regional tourism has been hit hard by COVID-19 – but we now have the opportunity to capitalise on a local tourism boom with thousands of Western Australians set to holiday at home this year,” said Western Australia’s Tourism Minister Paul Papalia.
“Ordinarily Western Australians make about two million interstate and international holiday trips a year, and we expect many of those travellers will instead explore their backyard instead this year,” he added.
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