WA has cleaned up at the national Top Tourism Town Awards in Canberra, with one city named the country’s Top Tourism Town at an awards ceremony at Parliament House on Thursday.
Australians have increased the amount of short breaks they take since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, citing mental health and the need for a change of scenery as their main motivators for holidaying.
New independent research, commissioned by Choice Hotels, shows one in four Australians plan to take four or more short breaks in 2021, and at least 64 per cent cite improving their mental health as a key reason.
Travelling for a mental health break is even more popular in the once COVID-19 ravaged Victoria, where 80 per cent of respondents cited this as a reason why they planned a holiday.