Based on the latest health advice, Western Australia's Safe Transition Plan has been updated with new hard border settings from Saturday, February 5 to respond to serious concerns around the impacts of the Omicron variant. The updated plan means the full border opening will be delayed given the full impacts of
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Fashion and lifestyle publication, Vogue Australia has named Perth's Kings Park as one of the 'best parks in our favourite cities', placing the popular tourism attraction in the company of Central Park in New York City and the Summer Palace in Beijing. The travel article, published this week, celebrates the correlation
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A series of NASA flight tests has successfully demonstrated technologies that achieve a significant reduction in the noise generated by aircraft and heard by communities near airports. The Acoustic Research Measurement (ARM) flights, which concluded in May, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, tested technology to address airframe noise,
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People travelling to Monkey Mia and Carnarvon will benefit from discounted airfares offered by Regional Express (Rex), from 2 July 2018. The Perth-Monkey Mia-Carnarvon air route will be serviced by Rex after a five-year agreement to provide regulated air services was signed between the State Government and Rex earlier this year. An
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Qantas, in partnership with the State Government, Australia's North West and Broome International Airport, is introducing year-round discounted fares on flights between Perth and Broome, beginning in August this year. The special weekend fares will be available at $199 one-way during high season (between August 17, 2018 and October 16, 2018,
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Singapore Airlines' newest Boeing 787-10 aircraft has arrived in Perth - its first Australian destination. Singapore Airlines is the first to fly the newest Dreamliner, which will allow for a capacity increase of 38,000 seats on the Perth to Singapore route. The 787-10 features a longer fuselage than other models in the
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A total of 69 diverse regional events across Western Australia have received funding as part of the 2018-19 Regional Events Scheme (RES). The 2018-19 RES round included the addition of the Regional Aboriginal Events Scheme (RAES), a funding pool of $150,000 exclusively allocated to events delivering Aboriginal activities and experiences. Of the
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Western Australia has been announced as the successful host of the third World Indigenous Tourism Summit in April 2020. Thanks to a successful bid by the WA Indigenous Tourism Operators Council (WAITOC), with support from the Perth Convention Bureau (PCB) and the State Government through Tourism Western Australia, the summit is
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Visitation records are redefining the traditional peak season for Rottnest Island with more than 80,000 visitors flocking to the island in March 2018. Additional ferry services and value for money offerings by ferry operators has played a role, with visitation by ferry up 37 per cent compared with the same month
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Hotel Rottnest will undergo a major expansion to provide a premium accommodation option for guests to Rottnest Island. The hotel, which will be re-opened as Hotel Rottnest Resort, will add another 80 rooms and nearly double in size from 9,000sqm to 17,800sqm. The resort will include four pools (two main pools and
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