Tourism Budget

The Hon. J.E. HANSON (15:16): It is a supplementary, Mr President; again, your excellent eye. South Australia has had a revenue decline of $70 million in daytrip visitors. I wonder if the minister can name the regions that were hardest hit and what he is doing about that.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (15:16): I may have those figures here. Some of the regions have grown. Certainly, with the winter campaign, we are putting some emphasis on the Limestone Coast. We have showcased that and some of the other regions. What the Tourism Commission—

The Hon. E.S. Bourke: How much do they get?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: The honourable member asks how much they get. It is actually a winter campaign of $3 million; it is an ongoing three-month campaign. It is not just a little bucket of money for this region and a little bucket for that region. It is advertising South Australia as a winter destination. I don't have those exact figures in front of me, but we tasked the Tourism Commission to make sure that where we have an opportunity they do a bit of market research so that we actually look to try to support tourism operators in those regions.

The members opposite weren't listening before. There is always a bit of volatility in these figures. We know that there is. Nothing goes up forever. Interstate visitors are up. Our international visitors are ahead of our target. Our Chinese visitor expenditure is ahead of our target. You are going to see a little bit of volatility. As I explained, it could well—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! There is no point.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: I agree. No point at all.

The PRESIDENT: There are no more supplementaries. We have a little amount of time. I want to move straight to the Hon. Ms Franks and give the crossbench an opportunity to ask questions.