Economic Contribution of Tourism to Western Australia 

Tourism is already a vital economic driver of the Western Australian economy and is expected to continue its strong growth in future years. It impacts upon more industries than typically considered and generates a significant number of jobs in the state. In fact for every 100 people employed in Western Australia, around 6 are as a result of the tourism industry.

Tourism Western Australia commissioned Access Economics to report on the economic contribution of tourism to the Western Australian economy in 2005/06, using the now well established Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) approach adopted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for its national TSA. This report is an update to the Access Economics report presenting TSA-cased estimates of the economic contribution of tourism to Western Australia in 2001/02.

This comprehensive study is now complete and demonstrates the economic contribution of tourism to the State's economy, how much it influences other industries and the thousands of jobs it creates. Full results can be found in either the fact sheet or full report links below.