The project
The project aims to identify and reduce the regulatory barriers to developing new tourist attractions in WA by:
- Developing regulatory maps to clarify the pathways that tourist attraction operators have to navigate when commencing or expanding their operations.
- Examining case studies to understand the regulatory factors that led to success or created challenges when developing past tourist attractions.
- Conducting a survey of existing and aspiring tourist attraction operators to learn from their experiences when navigating the approvals process.
Streamline WA has been collaborating with the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI) to progress reforms to remove regulatory barriers and improve coordination of approvals across government.
This project also supports JTSI’s Tourism Case Management Framework to help existing and aspiring tourist attraction operators navigate the approval process.
Project progress
Why do we need this reform?
In March 2019, Streamline WA received a submission that suggested a number of regulatory barriers to establishing tourist attractions in WA, including:
- A lack of strategic planning and zoning for new attractions.
- Multiple approvals required from multiple Government agencies.
- Regulatory approval processes are disproportionate to scale of the proposal.
This was reinforced by the results of an online survey and phone interviews with tourist attraction operators conducted in August and September 2019.
Improving regulatory processes and making it easier to establish or expand a tourist attraction will help encourage tourism investment, create more jobs and potentially increase visitors to our state.