Tourism is an important industry to our economy, filling 89,100 jobs and contributing $8.7 billion to WA's economy (by Gross State Product) in 2021-22. Find out the value of tourism to the regional, state and national economy below.
Economic contribution of tourism to WA
In May 2023, Tourism Research Australia released the State Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) 2021-22, which provides the latest data on tourism's contribution to WA's economy.
This report also outlines the economic contribution of tourism to each state and territory, in relation to the total Gross State Product, Gross Value Added and employment.
Download a summary of The economic contribution of tourism to Western Australia in 2021-22 (PDF 685KB).
To download the full report, visit Tourism Research Australia's website.
Economic contribution of tourism to WA's regions
In July 2023, Tourism Research Australia released the 2021-22 Regional Tourism Satellite Account, which provides the latest data on tourism's contribution to WA's five tourism regions, as well as other tourism regions in Australia.
Download a summary of The economic contribution of tourism to Western Australia's tourism regions in 2021-22.
Visit Tourism Research Australia's website to access data for each tourism region across Australia.
Tourism businesses in WA
Tourism
Research Australia estimates that as at June 2022, there were around 30,800 tourism businesses in Western Australia, with four in five (82 per cent) located in the
Destination Perth tourism region. Visit Tourism Research
Australia's website to view the Tourism Businesses in Australia, June 2017 to June 2022 report.
Economic contribution of tourism to Australia
In May 2022, Tourism Research Australia released the national State of the Industry 2021 report, which provides an overview of the tourism industry in Australia at a national level in terms of economic contribution, demand (i.e. visitation) and supply (e.g. aviation access).