Horizontal Falls is once again in the spotlight after a tourism operator’s aircraft collided with a boat at the iconic Kimberley tourist destination early last week.
Cain Andrews
WA’s major event fund, which has already brought the WWE and Coldplay to Perth, has been boosted in Rita Saffioti’s bid to make the State an event capital of south east Asia.
Dylan Caporn
Australian Heritage Festival
Anjelica Smilovitis
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The head of WA’s tourism agency responsible for bringing events such as Coldplay and WWE to Perth, has stood down from the role.
Crown Resorts will slash up to 1000 jobs from its Sydney, Melbourne and Perth operations citing reduced foreign tourism and a sharp decline in local workers.
Simone Grogan
The State Government will reopen WA’s two best-known tree climbs and extend a showcase cycling trail as part of a $165 million Budget commitment to upgrade the adventure tourism sector.
Sean Smith
The Italian lagoon city of Venice is charging daytrippers an entry fee as part of a pilot program authorities hope will discourage tourists on peak days.
Christoph Sator
The operators of Cossack have hit back after the State Government claimed their proposal was ‘outside’ of the scope of their vision for the town.
Jake Dietsch
Cossack, a former pearling town in the Pilbara, is closed for the foreseeable future and traditional owners say the State Government is to blame.
A recent report has brought to light fascinating insights into when and where visitors are coming to the Pilbara, pointing towards a promising avenue for advocating more flight destinations for the region.
At the border of Western Australia and South Australia, there is an aging whale and a sign promoting Albany — Chris Holden is on a mission to restore them both.
Georgia Campion
Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas wants Perth to host a world-famous music festival to rival the renowned Coachella in the US.
Joe Spagnolo
International air travel is returning to Broome Airport for the first time since the COVID pandemic, with Jetstar Asia announcing this morning a direct route to Singapore.
Josh Zimmerman
Domestic travellers are opting to have shorter, cheaper holidays closer to home as international tourism continues to recover from the pandemic, new data shows.
Keira Jenkins and Nyibol Gatluak
Former Shire of Broome president Harold Tracey has launched a petition to halt the closure of Horizontal Falls to adventure boating.
Direct flights between Busselton and Sydney have kicked off, with the State Government hoping the route brings tens of thousands of holidaymakers to one of WA’s most famous tourist regions.
Caleb Runciman
A Qantas flight from Melbourne had to make a priority landing in Perth last night after pilots were forced to turn off one of the plane’s engines.
Lauren Price and Peta Rasdien
Inspired by a friend who grew up crabbing on Mandurah’s fruitful sand banks, the beach-dweller welcomes invitations to get his hands dirty in more ways than one.
WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam has vowed to overturn a decision to close tours to Horizontal Falls — if she becomes Premier.
Tourists have four years left to travel through Horizontal Falls — described by David Attenborough as one of the world’s greatest natural wonders — after the Government announced plans to phase out the tours.
A one-kilometre $100 million pedestrian and cycling bridge over the Swan River will be a ‘digital canvas’ to promote WA tourism, Premier Roger Cook says.
Two elite Italian men’s soccer clubs will face off at Optus Stadium in a blockbuster match that confirms Perth’s ‘poorest kept secret’.
First it was Coldplay, then it was WWE wrestling and Pink. Now, Italian football is coming to Perth.