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Date: Wednesday 17th October 2018 Time: 12:15pm – 3:00pm Location: Morrisons Winery, Moama RSVP: Thursday 11th October Murray Regional Tourism invites you to join our Murray Farmers Table, to celebrate the locally grown and produced food and drink of the region and to launch the Murray Farm to Plate Strategy. Guests will get the chance to meet some of…

Murray Regional Tourism is thrilled to have secured Victorian State Government funding through the Regional Events and Innovation Fund to develop the Murray Digital Experience, which will help to raise the profile of the region as a major tourism destination. The Murray Digital Experience includes the development of: – a digital hub, bringing together a…

Murray Regional Tourism has teamed up with industry expert, Despina Karatzias, to deliver a series of 12 free digital marketing webinars to help tourism businesses along the Murray enhance their online presence. The program has four key themes: Digital Strategy for Tourism, Digital Marketing, Facebook Marketing, and Instagram for Tourism. Webinars are free of charge for…

Murray Regional Tourism has released the latest round of its Farm To Plate Forums and Masterclasses to continue the development of the Murray as an agri and culinary tourism destination, stimulate the region’s food culture, and create commercial demand for regional produce. The workshops are an important part of the Murray Farm to Plate Program and address specific…

More than 100 people from across the region attended workshops during May and June to help bring Murray Regional Tourism’s Farm to Plate Strategy to life, with the next round of workshops scheduled to commence on 31 July 2018. The second round of workshops will present the key findings and concepts that came out of…

There is a golden glow over the Murray River this morning after an astounding 16 tourism operators from the region took out awards at the NSW Regional Tourism Awards, held in Deniliquin on Saturday 21 July 2018. Murray Regional Tourism Chair, Wendy Greiner, said 18 operators from the region had been named as finalists in…

The latest National Visitor Survey results released by Tourism Research Australia show that domestic day trip and domestic overnight visitors spent a combined $1.6 billion in the Murray Region in the year to March 2018. With game-changing projects in the pipeline, Murray Regional Tourism believes these results are the fruits of the strong collaboration between…

Murray Regional Tourism has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement to develop a Nature-based Tourism Strategy, anticipating that it will strengthen the case for significant cross border projects, such as the Murray River Adventure Trail. As a destination that is primarily defined by its outdoor and nature-based activities, the state-wide strategy will be extremely beneficial to the Murray…

Murray River Region Tourism Ltd trading as Murray Regional Tourism is a unique and highly successful Regional Tourism Organisation in Australia that includes areas within the two states, Victoria and New South Wales, and is responsible for providing overarching tourism strategy for the Murray region. Murray Regional Tourism is a partnership between 13 Local Councils,…

Congratulations to the 18 Murray tourism businesses who were announced as finalists in the 2018 Riverina Murray Regional Tourism Awards! View the finalists here. Tourism operators and events from across the Riverina Murray region will be recognised in Deniliquin at the upcoming gala evening at the site of the famous Deni Ute Muster. And the theme for the…

Murray Regional Tourism (MRT) is pleased to announce visitation to the Murray region has continued to grow based on the recent release of year ending December 2017 quarterly visitation statistics by Tourism Research Australia. The Murray region received 5.8 million visitors, up by 8.5% on the year ending (YE) December 2016 figures. This resulted in…