WA tightens border rules for Queensland, sparking Christmas rush

Travellers have made a mad dash home to Western Australia in the hours before the state's clampdown on arrivals from Queensland.

The rules change at 12.01am (3.01am AEDT) on Monday.

Premier Mark McGowan upgraded restrictions for Queensland travellers to "low risk" amid a handful of cases on the Gold Coast, sparking a rush for people wanting to get in for Christmas.

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After tonight, arrivals must be fully vaccinated, get tested and self-isolate for 14 days, which would mean they couldn't see family or friends on Christmas Day.

They must also get tested on days two and 10.

Jason Smith re-located to Brisbane just before the pandemic hit.

He made it back home, by just one day.

"(I) hadn't been able to get back to Perth obviously with COVID for the full two years," he said.

But West Australians will be able to plan their future from tomorrow as the Premier reveals the state's re-opening date.

The West Australian tourism industry is down $1 billion and 40,000 jobs since the pandemic hit.

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Tourism Council WA has released a recovery blueprint to bring people back.

"We'll have a huge job ahead of us to get the tourism industry going and to get Perth on the global stage once more," CEO Evan Hall said.

There are also plans to re-establish direct Qantas flights from Perth to London, which have been moved to Darwin, and create new aviation services from Japan, India and South Korea.

The organisation has named five top attractions it sees as needing to be built or given the go-ahead in 2022.

They include the Swan River zip-line from Kings Park to South Perth and a cable car from Kings Park down to Elizabeth Quay