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Australian cheap flights deal leaves WA out in the cold, tourism council says
Western Australia’s Tourism Council has slammed the Federal Government’s plan to slash selected domestic airfares as a “devastating blow” to the WA tourism industry.
Key points:
- Evan Hall says tourists will be drawn away from WA and jobs lost
- Broome is the only discounted tourist destination in the state
- Mark McGowan says WA’s hard border policy will remain
The tourism package will see a 50 per cent discount on tickets offered between April and July, for flights to and from 13 regions.
The destinations include the Gold Coast, Cairns, the Whitsundays region, the Sunshine Coast, the Lasseter region which includes Uluru, Alice Springs, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie, Avalon, Merimbula, and Kangaroo Island.
The discounted airfares only apply one WA…
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