TDP Experience Perth - Tourism Western Australia

In terms of current overnight visitation by holiday/leisure visitors (excluding business and other purposes of visit), the City of Perth is clearly the most popular destination in
the region. However, much of the region is popular amongst day trippers which is not reflected in these statistics.
Annual Holiday/Leisure Overnight Visitors 2001-2008 (Local Governments with over 10,000 visitors a year) 3
Local Government Intrastate Interstate International Total
City of Perth 259,400 189,800 269,700 718,900
City of Mandurah 167,900 10,100 9,100 187,100
Rottnest* n/a n/a n/a 110,000
Shire of Gingin 78,400 3,100 4,300 85,800
City of Fremantle 17,800 22,100 24,100 64,000
Shire of Murray 46,300 1,800 1,100 49,200
City of Rockingham 26,300 2,400 3,800 32,500
City of Stirling 14,600 7,800 7,200 29,600
City of Swan 23,800 2,100 2,800 28,700
Shire of York 19,000 1,400 2,200 22,600
City of Joondalup 9,600 5,600 5,500 20,700
City of Wanneroo 16,100 1,900 2,400 20,400
Shire of Waroona 17,500 500 500 18,500
Shire of Toodyay 14,900 1,100 700 16,700
Shire of Northam 11,800 2,500 1,300 15,600
City of South Perth 7,000 1,500 2,100 10,600
* Data provided by the Rottnest Island Authority for 2008/2009 financial year
Experience Perth
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