Tokyo time: Travellers to get direct flights between Perth and Japan

Another direct international flight to and from Perth Airport is expected to help boost WA’s struggling tourism industry.

Travellers will have access to daily flights seven days a week between Perth and Tokyo next year via Japan’s five-star airline, All Nippon Airways' (AHA) Boeing 787.

Japan is WA’s ninth biggest market in terms of visitors, with the state attracting 28,700 Japanese visitors in 2017-18.

Those visitors spent $60 million during their stay in WA, making Japan the 11th largest market in terms of spend.

To help promote the flight, the Federal Government has committed $1million in marketing through Tourism Australia.

Mr Papalia said it had been a priority of state and federal government to secure the flight, with the intention of further adding direct routes between Perth, China, and India in the future.

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