Western Australia’s only built UNESCO World Heritage site, Fremantle Prison has been awarded gold in the Cultural Tourism category and silver in the Major Tourist Attractions category in the 2019 Perth Airport Western Australian Tourism Awards.
This is the fifth consecutive year that Fremantle Prison has taken the gold medal in the Cultural Tourism category, making it the first tourism attraction to be awarded the highest honour in the competitive category for five successive years.
Fremantle Prison Director Paula Nelson said the record-breaking achievement is testament to the dedication of all those involved with the Prison who work passionately to conserve, interpret and share the stories behind WA’s only built World Heritage site.
Built by convicts in the 1850s and decommissioned as an operating prison in 1991, Fremantle Prison is a heritage icon in Western Australia that offers world-class cultural tourism experiences to visitors, a range of interpretive tours, including the Prison Art and Behind the Scenes Tour and a program of revolving exhibitions and cultural events, which support conservation efforts.