The daytime spend the state counts
Tourism Western Australia's annual report for 2025-26 records $4.6 billion in daytrip visitor spend against $19.2 billion in total visitor expenditure. The report's source-market chart splits the rest four ways: $9 billion intrastate, $2.2 billion interstate, $3.4 billion international.
Overnight visitors reached 11.0 million against a target of 10.7 million. Regional Western Australia took $6 billion of the total.
The day-room inventory on the platform
The day-use platform's Perth listing read 14 properties on 22 September 2026. Rates ran from AUD 124 at Pensione Hotel Perth to AUD 260 at InterContinental Perth City Centre. Discounts against each property's nightly rate ran from 29 per cent to 49 per cent.
The published windows open at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Pensione Hotel Perth, Rydges Perth Kings Square, InterContinental Perth City Centre, Mercure Perth, Holiday Inn Perth City Centre and ibis Perth run a 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. window. Novotel Perth Langley runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Crowne Plaza Perth carries a second window from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m., and Tribe Perth Kings Park carries a second window from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Pool access appears on the Residence on Langley Park, Mercure Perth, Crowne Plaza Perth and Mantra on Hay Perth listings. Free cancellation and payment at the hotel sit on the cards as the standard terms.
The arrivals that feed a daytime booking
Perth was connected to 22 international and 10 interstate destinations across 25 carriers by June 2026, on the report's own count. International aviation capacity reached 132 per cent of 2019 levels. The platform's own description of a day room names the long layover, the work day and the short break among the uses.
The supply programme behind the set
Tourism WA delivered the Perth Hotel Demand Study and the Perth Hotel Site Assessment Study in 2025-26. The report states that the two studies identified future market demand and suitable sites, and that they form the evidence base for a targeted Perth hotel development program to be delivered in 2026-27. The agency also completed the Geraldton and Kalbarri Accommodation Study.
The inaugural Perth Hotel Summit ran in August 2025 with the Asia Pacific Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition. The report puts attendance at 185 delegates, including 25 interstate representatives, from national and international hotel owners, operators and development companies. The summit secured an expanded AHICE Perth Hotel Summit for December 2026.
The measurement change that moved the record
Tourism Research Australia replaced its domestic series with the Domestic Tourism Statistics methodology. Tourism WA restated the overnight visitor series against backcast data: 2024-25 now reads 10.6 million, 2023-24 reads 10.5 million and 2022-23 reads 9.9 million. The report states that it flagged the break in an established time series.
The 11.0 million reading is the highest in the restated series. The report also states that the 2025-26 result relates to the calendar year 2025.
KPI 4, tourism filled jobs, records 106,800 against a target of 121,100. The report states that the actual result is not comparable to the target because of the methodology change, and it reports the indicator with a one-year lag.
The costs the report names
The report records Cyclone Narelle as causing significant damage across the Coral Coast. Tourism WA delivered a $1.45 million Cyclone Narelle Tourism Business Support Package in April 2026, with one-off business survival payments of up to $20,000 and a visitor incentive program offering 50 per cent off selected tours and experiences.
The same section names global fuel supply concerns, geopolitical uncertainty and cost-of-living pressures among the influences on travel demand.
The target the state set
The Visitor Economy Strategy 2033 aims at $25 billion in annual visitor spend by 2033, with accommodation and attractions named as one of six critical areas. Tourism WA states $46.7 million through the forward estimates for 2026-27, alongside $20 million for Aboriginal tourism initiatives.