 In recent years, tourism has grown in importance, with significant numbers of visitors to the state coming from the UK (27.8%), other European countries (13.6%) Singapore (16.5%), Japan (10.1%) and Malaysia (8.3%).Tourists from China increased 50% between 2011 and 2012, from 22,000 to 33,000.Revenue from tourism is a strong economic driver in many of the smaller population centres outside of Perth, especially in coastal locations.