Its earlier predecessors included The Department of Tourism[1] and the Tourism Commission.[2]
The change to the current name was in June 2004.[3]
The separate industry based organisation is known as the Tourism Council of Western Australia, which works to promote the annual Western Australian Tourism Awards.[4]
^Western Australian Tourism Commission. Nature Based Tourism Advisory Committee; Western Australian Tourism Commission; Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management (1997), A Nature based tourism strategy for Western Australia, Western Australian Tourism Commission : Department of Conservation and Land Management, ISBN978-0-646-32994-9