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Western Australia will host down under's richest golf tournament and an international festival of action sports next year.
Announcing the Eventscorp 2012 Calendar in Perth, Tourism Minister Kim Hames said Western Australia would host a record 84 events next year, 16 of which will be new events.
The $US2 million Perth International golf tournament in October is fully expected to attract some of the world's best golfers.
"Perth has a strong history of hosting successful international golf events, notably the Heineken Classic, Johnnie Walker Classic and the Lexus Cup, and this tournament will well and truly put the city back on the golfing map," Dr Hames said.
He said it would be the only tournament in Australia to be sanctioned by the European Tour.
"We have a three-year agreement for this tournament with options to continue, and our goal is to develop the Perth International into a feature event in the Asia-Pacific region that is anchored in Perth," Dr Hames said.
Another new event is the Action Sports Games in Mandurah, which features rounds of the Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup.
New funding has also been announced for the Chevron City to Surf marathon to raise its international profile.
In addition, a new four-year funding deal has also been struck for the Perth International Arts Festival, starting with French production Place des Anges in February.
Dr Hames said the 84 events would be staged in 58 locations across metropolitan and regional WA.
"Our forecasts are that more than 1.2 million people will attend or participate in these events, they will generate more than 3500 hours of TV coverage and be broadcast to a potential audience in the hundreds of millions around the globe," he said.
"Importantly for WA's tourism industry, those events are expected to generate more than 100,000 international and interstate visitor nights and deliver more than $221 million worth of value to the state."
Eventscorp is the state government's event agency under Tourism WA.
January
2012 Fireball Sailing World Championships
Hopman Cup XXIV
Lancelin Ocean Classic
Test Match – Australia v India
Mount Barker Grapes and Gallops
Yallingup Surfilm Festival
The Doctor
WA Circus Festival Wind on Water Festival
Champbikx Probikx National Series Rounds 3 & 4
Indian Ocean Classic and IronMan and IronWoman Series
February
Busselton Jetty Swim
One Day Internationals
Perth International Arts Festival
Perth Track Classic
Boyup Brook Country Music Festival
Geographe Bay Race Week
V75 Inter Dominion Championship
South West Craft Beer Festival
March
Margaret River Wine Region Festival
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe
Taste Great Southern
Nannup Music Festival
GAMEX
Mandurah Crab Fest
Action Sports Games Mandurah
FotoFreo 2012: the City of Fremantle Festival of Photography
UCI World Cycling Tour Qualifier
2012 Perth International Track Cycling Grand Prix
Margaret River Pro
Forest Rally
April
Hyden 450
Fremantle Street Arts Festival
York Antique and Collectors Fair
Valley View Vintage and Military Weekend
All Australian Car Day IX
May
Broome Beach Polo Festival
Shark Bay Annual Fishing Fiesta
3 Waters Marathon
V8 Supercars
Busselton Festival of Triathlon
Nguyuru Waaringarrem Halls Creek Music Festival
A Night Under the Stars at Karijini
Ningaloo Whaleshark Festival
Ord Valley Muster
June
York Gourmet Food and Wine Festival
Whale Song Augusta
Pinjarra Festival
Leonora Golden Gift
Albany Classic Motor Event
YouYi Games
Truffle Kerfuffle – Southern Forests Food Festival
Picasso to Warhol: Twelve Modern Masters
July
To the Moon and Back Festival
Revelation Film Festival
Mowanjum Festival
AFL Masters WA – Broome Carnival
Mundaring Truffle Festival
August
Avon Descent
Morawa Art Show and Exhibition
CineféstOZ
City to Surf
Shinju Matsuri Festival
September
Perth Fashion Festival
Rugby Championships, Australia v South Africa
Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show
Australian Short Course Swimming Cable Beach Invitational
Australasian Safari
Hidden Treasures Great Southern Bloom Festival
October
The Dardanup Bull and Barrel Festival
Perth International Monaro Nationals
Bunbury Dolphin City Festival Cape to Cape MTB
November
Anaconda Adventure Race
Blues at Bridgetown Moora Cup Races
Beverley Harvest Festival
December
FINA World Junior Men's and Junior Women's Water Polo Championships U18
Ironman Western Australia Triathlon
Lighthouse to Leighton
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