COVID-19 News

Murray Regional Tourism, the peak cross border tourism organisation for the Murray region in NSW and Victoria plays a critical role in the visitor economy. Prior to COVID-19 and border closures the region would welcome annually 6.5 million visitors across our river communities supporting around 2,500 tourism businesses and providing over 18,000 jobs in the…

Murray Regional Tourism, the peak cross border tourism organisation for the Murray region in NSW and Victoria plays a critical role in the visitor economy. Prior to COVID-19 the region would welcome annually 6.5 million visitors across our river communities with around 2,500 tourism businesses providing fabulous experiences. Visitors spent nearly $2 billion in direct…

Dear Stakeholder Thank you to the more than 400 operators in our region who took the time to respond to the recent survey regarding the border closure and the impact on business. The survey findings quantified the impact of the 2020 New Year’s Eve and early January closure of the Victorian border with New South…

Dear Stakeholder, Some very positive announcements were made today by the Victorian Premier. Importantly, these include that the NSW “Border Bubble” Local Government Associations (LGAs) will be classified green zones (from 6pm tonight) which will assist our Murray River communities who rely so heavily on the ability of visitors to experience both sides of the…

Dear Stakeholder, As we live in a COVID normal manner, there will continue to be many daily challenges that particularly our industry will continue to face. Importantly the health of everyone remains paramount to all decision making. We have seen yesterday that through our ongoing collaboration and joint strong advocacy, the Victorian state government has…

Dear Partners, 2020 certainly saw us throw out the rule book as we navigated our way through the uncertainty and challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic ground our industry to a halt. Never in our lifetimes did we ever think our role would require us to encourage visitors to “stay away” from our spectacular region for…

Murray Regional Tourism, the peak cross border tourism organisation for the Murray region in NSW and Victoria, demands the NSW Government immediately reopen the NSW Victoria border to regional Victorians to ensure the survival of 1,200 small to medium businesses. Alarmingly, the latest update to the NSW Public Health Order means regional Victorian residents living…

We’re ecstatic – as we’re sure our industry partners are – with the Victorian Premier’s announcement this morning that people in regional Victoria will be able to travel to other regions from 11.59 pm tomorrow (Wednesday 16 September 2020). In response to this, we’ve escalated our advocacy to implore the NSW and Victorian governments to collaborate and reopen…

As a cross border community, the recent border closure combined with Melbourne’s stay at home restrictions has been a double blow for the Murray’s tourism industry. We know this is an incredibly difficult time for our businesses and we are working hard to ensure our industry is supported now and into the future. Advocating for…

In line with advice from the Victorian Chief Health Officer, the Victorian Government has announced that metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire will return to Stage 3 Stay at Home restrictions from 11.59pm on Wednesday 8 July 2020. This decision was made in response to a significant increase in community transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19) in these…

The most current NSW Government information on the border restrictions (including links to the permit application and ‘border community’ details) is available at: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/what-you-can-and-cant-do-under-rules/border-restrictions This website will continue to be updated. Please note the Service NSW permit application system is experiencing high levels of demand. Some people may experience delays in securing a permit. For…