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Information Bulletin – Issue No. 22/2010 Page 8Information Items from the Community Services DirectorateMONTHLY OFFICER REPORTS$ 2,653 per day = $ 18,575 per week = $ 74,300 per monthBased on $50 per person who came into the Visitor Centre staying one day in our area,This is a conservative figure as current guidelines are based on $80 per person each day.Figure calculated as - Visitors less Ticketmaster.Average Spend – Including Accommodation:$1,345 per night = $ 9,413 per week = $ 37,650 per monthFigure is calculated by Using Inter and Overseas figures only for the month, based on $150 per person.TOTAL TOURISM DOLLAR VALUE – NOVEMBER 2010: $ 111,9503.2 Visitor Centre(Report prepared by Yvonne Bradfield, Visitor Centre Coordinator)Visitor Centre Overview:November brought 56% more visitors to the Centre than came through the doors lastyear, thus boosting sales of souvenirs and product at the Centre. A noted increase inpeople from Singapore and Malaysia can be attributed to the cooperative marketingthat the Centre is doing through the Experience Perth Marketing body.Aussie Host Gold Certified Provider:On 17 November 2010, Rocksgate Winery in Armadale was the perfect venue forAdrienne Catlin, National Facilitator of the Aussie Host programme, to present theArmadale Visitor Centre with the first “AussieHost Gold Certified Provider” statusfor the region of Perth.Aussie Host worked with the Armadale Visitor Centre teamover the year and morerecently at the 2010 Annual Visitor Centre Conference.