Tourism

  • Tourists staying longer despite numbers falling

    The Great Ocean Road’s tourism economy plummeted by more than a quarter in 12 months following the arrival of COVID-19 to Australia, latest tourism data shows.

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  • Holiday bookings ramp up

    Colac and district accommodation providers are looking forward to much-needed relief as bookings ramp up for the school holidays, starting this weekend.

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  • Melburnians return to a grateful Apollo Bay

    Apollo Bay traders were grateful for a gradual return of visitors on the weekend as a travel ban on Melbourne residents lifted.

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  • “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 week’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 won’t return to pre-COVID levels of expenditure until 2024, a State Government tourism report predicts.

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