Tourism boost for recovering South-West

An advertising campaign has been launched to encourage people to holiday in Western Australia’s Margaret River wine region. It follows a downturn in bookings since the November bushfires in the state’s southwest. Tourism Minister Kim Hames said while the fire-ravaged area in Prevelly was relatively small, less than 1.5 per cent of the region, its effect on tourism had been felt across the entire region between Busselton and Augusta, reports Perth Now.