Tourism

  • “It’s dreadful”: Businesses feeling pain in travel ban

    Colac and district businesses are lamenting one of their worst long weekends in memory as a Melbourne travel ban devastated the local tourism industry.

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  • Tourism businesses brace for a quiet long weekend

    Colac and district tourism businesses are expecting losses for the upcoming long weekend, with Melburnians unable to travel to regional areas.

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  • Lockdown locked in, support for tourism

    The State Government has doused hopes of an early end to circuit-breaker lockdown restrictions, indicating it will make no changes until Thursday night.

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  • Tourism funding miss worries local industry

    The Colac and district tourism sector is rueing a double-whammy blow from this weekโ€™s Federal Budget, which provided no new financial support and revealed international borders would remain closed until at least mid-next year.

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  • Coastal trail a key tourism recovery project

    The local tourism economy wonโ€™t return to pre-COVID levels of expenditure until 2024, a State Government tourism report predicts.

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  • Travel agent say funding falls short

    A Federal Government fund for travel providers has missed the mark for local businesses struggling with ongoing travel restrictions and the end of wage support.

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  • COVID cost region $500M

    The Great Ocean Road region lost more than $500 million from its tourism economy last year because of COVID-19, Federal Government research shows.

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  • Quiet Easter for Driver Reviver site

    Few motorists stopped at Colacโ€™s Driver Reviver site over the Easter long weekend, despite a busy time for tourism in general.

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