WA Gets Taste of Big Apple Arts Scene

Perth will get a bite of The Big Apple from June with an exclusive series of exhibitions from New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). 

The Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters exhibition is a result of collaboration between the Art Gallery of WA and MoMA, with funding support from Eventscorp. 

As the only venue in the Southern Hemisphere to host an exclusive series of six exhibitions across three years, this is a major opportunity for West Australians to be a part of a unique cultural experience. 

The Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters exhibition will be on display at the Art Gallery of WA from June 16-December 3, 2012.

(Source: Talking Tourism issue 217)

Boomers Take on China in Pre-Olympic Battle

The Australian Boomers will take on Team China in three exciting international basketball matches in WA as part of the YouYi Games, which are supported by Eventscorp. Australia and China are ranked nine and 10 in the world respectively and have drawn the same group for the Olympic competition, so the three matches will be a crucial part of the pre-Olympic preparation for both sides. 

The Perth matches will be broadcast into China via CCTV, across Australia on Fox Sports and throughout WA on WIN and Channel 9. The first match in the series will be played at Perth's Challenge Stadium on Saturday June 9. 

The teams will then travel to Albany for the second match on June 11 and return to Perth on June 13 for the final match.

(Source: Talking Tourism)

Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing Championships Boost State Coffers

Independent reports conducted into the economic and media impact of the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships have shown the event injected almost $39 million into the WA economy and generated millions of dollars of national and international media exposure for Fremantle, Perth and WA.

Research conducted by Metrix Consulting showed the original forecast of 5,000 overseas and interstate visitors was well and truly exceeded. The 16-day event last December attracted more than 7,800 people from interstate or overseas. 

Taking into account the test event in 2010, the emerging nations program and the numerous training camps held before Perth 2011, the total number of visitors to the State was more than 9,300, generating an economic benefit of $38.6 million.

Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing Championships Boost State Coffers

Jetstar Launches New Link Between WA and China

Jetstar has launched a new four-times weekly connection between Haikou, the capital of the Hainan Province in China, and Perth via a technical stop in Singapore. 

Passengers on these flights will have a short layover of two hours in Singapore each way, and will be re-boarding the same aircraft. Jetstar has operated low fare services between Haikou and Singapore since 2009, and is working with the Hainan Provincial Government to market the one stop service to Perth. 

Hainan is home to more than eight million people, providing WA with an opportunity to gain greater access to the China market.

Surf Aussies Head to Perth in 2014

 

•    Scarborough Beach to host around 6,000 surf lifesavers
•    More than 11,000 visitors to WA expected
•    Huge boost for local tourism and hospitality industries

Scarborough Beach is set to host one of the world’s largest multi-discipline participation events after Western Australia secured the rights to the 2014 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships.

Tourism Minister Kim Hames said the week-long championships, commonly known as the Aussies, were expected to attract more than 11,000 interstate visitors to WA.

“The Aussies are on the same scale as the Commonwealth Games in terms of numbers of competitors. It is a massive event, and getting it back on the west coast in 2014 is a coup for Scarborough, Perth and the State as a whole,” Dr Hames said.

“When the Aussies were last held at Scarborough in 2009, an estimated 81,000 spectators and competitors descended on the beach during the six days of competition.

“The boost to local tourism and hospitality industries in 2014 will be enormous, with a forecast benefit to the local economy conservatively put at more than $20million.

“Scarborough Beach has ideal conditions for the Aussies and was widely praised by competitors and organisers when it last hosted the event in 2009.”

The State Government, through Eventscorp, in conjunction with Surf Life Saving WA and the City of Stirling, is proud to support the return of the Aussies to WA in 2014.

“Hosting an event of this size will also help activate the Scarborough beachfront, which is a tourism development priority for the State Government,” the Minister said.