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Article: Perth's tourist cup hardly runneth over
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 16, 1986
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PERTH Located roughly halfway from nowhere, the capital of Western
Australia is a delightful place in which to live. But its tourist
attractions are another story.
While I was in Perth recently, a local newspaper printed a
previously secret official report bemoaning the city's "limited
tourist attractions." The next day, the Western Australian Tourism
Commission admitted the criticism was justified and came up with some
recommendations.
Generally, the fact that Perth is not exactly the world's most
interesting city would be of little interest to most of the globe,
including Australia.
But this city of 900,000 will have the attention of the world
over the next year for the America's ...