Published on : Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Traveler Florence Tang after coming out of the Silk Air plane explained that it was a stark contrast to where she had come from.
To quote her, “It is really nature. Most of the time we go and see other cities and Singapore itself is a city. We really don’t know what we are going to see, but we are looking forward to it.”
Fellow tourist Sandy Choo stated that she was already quite grateful of the open spaces.
To quote her, “It’s very rare to have the outdoors, fresh air … we don’t have camels, dolphins, nice sunset, open sky, so this is a novelty for Singaporeans.” In the coming two weeks, maiden voyage is the first of four trial flights developed to draw more international tourists to the rocky outback region.
This happened when the tourism industry of the state is going through a slump in spending related to overseas visitors.
Western Australia is the sole state or territory to witness major drop in tourist numbers in recent times, as per the figures from Tourism Research Australia.
Spending in terms of International visitors declined by $120 million, or 5 percent, in the 12 months to December, and side by side visitor numbers dropped by 940,000.
The State Government and industry providers in response have doubled their efforts to sell Western Australia as a must-see destination.
They are all set to shudder the perception that WA as a destination is expensive and tough-to-reach, with policies like pairing selfie-loving celebrities with quokkas and initiating direct flights from Perth to London.
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