Australasian Leisure Management
Jul 28, 2009

Tree Top Walk carries its 2.5 millionth visitor

One of the Western Australia's most popular visitor attractions, the Tree Top Walk near Walpole has reached a major milestone in welcoming its 2.5 millionth visitor.

The walk, which opened in 1996, was designed to minimise the impact of humans on tingle trees with its see-through steel decking reinforcing the sensation of being high-up in a forest canopy.

WA Environment Minister Donna Faragher was at the popular tourist spot to congratulate Melbournians Liz Fletcher and Ben Bonolla for being the 2.5 millionth visitors and gave them a lifetime membership to the walk.

As Minister Faragher explained, "the Tree Top Walk is a focal point for the local region and one of the most sustainable tourism facilities in the world with about 160,000 visitors a year.

"To continue to excite the imagination of the tourism market and create a greater awareness of the area, the Department of Environment and Conservation opened the Walpole Wilderness Discovery Centre earlier this year."

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