Page 1324 - Week 04 - Thursday, 21 April 1994
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MADAM SPEAKER, I PRESENT FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS, THE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSE TO THE REPORT OF THE ASSEMBLYS STANDING COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND ACT PROMOTION.
THE COMMITTEES REPORT WAS PRESENTED IN THE ASSEMBLY IN JUNE LAST YEAR. IT. MADE 45 RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH EXAMINED THE DEVELOPMENT OF:
A TOURISM STRATEGY . INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT BETTER TRANSPORT LINKAGES TO CANBERRA; AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPANDING TOURISM, AND THE CO-ORDINATION OF TOURISM ACTIVITIES.
THE GOVERNMENT IS PLEASED TO TABLE THIS RESPONSE WHICH AGREES WITH MOST OF THE COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE REPORT WAS TIMELY AND COINCIDES WITH THE STRENGTHENING OF TOURISM IN THE ACT.
TOURISM CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACT ECONOMY IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, OVER $11 MILLION PER WEEK. THIS WAS A MARKED INCREASE OF ALMOST $100 MILLION OVER THE PREVIOUS" PERIOD. TOURISM ALSOIMPACTSPOSITIVELY UPON THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN THE ACT; SUPPORTING IN 1992/93, 9400 JOBS OR 1680 MORE THAN IN 1991/92. THIS IS 6% OF THE , TERRITORYS WORKFORCE.
.SUCCESSFUL MARKETING OF THE ACT BY THE TOURISM COMMISSION - AS A UNIQUE TOURIST DESTINATION - HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED VISITOR NUMBERS. HERS WILL BE PLEASED TO NOTE THAT TOURIST NUMBERS WERE 1.2M IN 1990/91 AND 1.4M IN 1991/92 AND LAST YEAR TOPPED 1.5M. I SEE NO REASON WHY WE CANNOT ACHIEVE AN EVEN GREATER INCREASE DURING THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.
THE ACT HAS EMERGED FROM A DECADE OF ECONOMIC
RESTRUCTURING WITH BETTER RESULTS THAN OTHER STATES -
RESULTS WHICH ARE BEING SUSTAINED BY THE LEVEL OF
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