Tourism
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.