Tourism is an important industry to our economy, filling 110,800 jobs and contributing $13.2 billion to WA's economy (by Gross State Product) in 2022-23. Find out the value of tourism to the regional, state and national economy below.
Economic contribution of tourism to WA
In April 2024, Tourism Research Australia released the State Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) 2022-23, which provides the latest data on tourism's contribution to WA's economy.
This report also outlines the economic contribution of tourism to each state and territory, in relation to Gross State Product, Gross Value Added and tourism filled jobs.
Download a summary of The economic contribution of tourism to Western Australia in 2022-23 (PDF 672KB).
To download the full report, visit Tourism Research Australia's website.
Economic contribution of tourism to WA's regions
In July 2023, Tourism Research Australia released the 2021-22 Regional Tourism Satellite Account, which provides the latest data on tourism's contribution to WA's five tourism regions, as well as other tourism regions in Australia.
Download a summary of The economic contribution of tourism to Western Australia's tourism regions in 2021-22.
Visit Tourism Research Australia's website to access data for each tourism region across Australia.
Tourism businesses in WA
Tourism
Research Australia estimates that as at June 2023, there were around 30,800 tourism businesses in Western Australia. Visit Tourism Research
Australia's website to view the Tourism Businesses in Australia, June 2018 to June 2023 report.
State of the Industry - Australia
Tourism Research Australia publishes an annual State of the Industry Report. This report provides an overview of the visitor economy in Australia, reporting key metrics for both demand (e.g. visitation) and supply (e.g. aviation access).