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Murray Regional Tourism Funding Opportunities Update
Murray Regional Tourism today welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement of a $143 million Circuit Breaker Support Package with hospitality, tourism, events and creative industries operators to benefit from grants. The package is a comprehensive suite of financial support that recognises both regional Victoria and Greater Melbourne and will reach 50,000 businesses across the state who…
Read MoreDestination Inspiration – Expression of Interest – Mentoring Program
EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST NOW MENTORING PROGRAM Do you have an idea for a new tourism product? Do you want to significantly expand an existing product? Or do you need help identifying the right tourism product opportunity to pursue? Murray Regional Tourism (MRT) and Destination Riverina Murray (DRM) have partnered to launch an innovative program that…
Read MoreMurray Regional Tourism funding opportunities update
MRT are pleased to advise of several new grant opportunities to support the tourism sector. The Murray region is well-placed to access these grants due to the broad eligibility and assessment criteria. MRT is seeking to maximise the amount of financial support made available to Murray tourism businesses by providing one-on-one mentoring support to help…
Read MoreAlarming impact of Border closures on Murray Regional Tourism
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…
Read MoreMessage from our Chair
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…
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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…
Read MoreMessage from our Chair
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…
Read MoreMessage from our Chair
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…
Read MoreIndustry Newsletter – December 2020
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Read MoreThe Murray welcomes $10.3 Million for Murray Adventure Trail
The Murray region welcomes the recent announcement by the Andrews Labour Government of a $10.3 million investment to assist to deliver the Murray River Adventure Trail, which has been a priority project that sits within the Murray Region Destination Management Plan. Read the full media release.
Read MoreIndustry Newsletter – October 2020
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Read MoreMRT Demands Border Reopening
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…
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