Get real Western Australia

The following story was posted on the ABC News site.

Tourism jobs halved

A restructure of Tourism WA will slash jobs and redirect funds to marketing.

Under the plan, staff numbers will drop from 159 to 74 over the next two years.
The board's chairwoman Kate Lamont says the goal is to double the economic contribution tourism makes to WA in the next 10 years.
She says stakeholder research called for the organisation to be streamlined.
"Consistently and resoundingly industry said to us 'you need to spend more money on marketing', the job of the government tourism agency is to drive customers to the door of businesses across Western Australia," she said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/23/2906916.htm

If Western Australia is really serious about driving "customers to the door of businesses" then why don't they start adopting a more friendly attitude to RVers. The booming Grey Nomad sector of the tourism trade is likely to feel less than welcome in WA with larges sections of the state having draconian "no camping" laws. The stories of rangers knocking on your door  and moving you on even if you are camped well off the road and doing nobody any harm are numerous. Their attitude to try and force people into caravan parks, which are usually booked out, has drawn comment on many an RV forum.

Come on your guy in the West if you are really wanting to improve your tourism trade, just sacking a few staff and doing a bit more advertising won't cut it. You have to change your attitude and your laws and start making people feel welcome. Stop discriminating against the RV tourist trade.