To help share the love for SA, South Australia will be giving away more $100 and $50 travel vouchers to help Aussies #holidayherethisyear.
The third round of the Great State Voucher program, set to boost South Australia’s tourism sector hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, will focus on tours and experiences.
It follows the first two rounds of accommodation vouchers which provided a $32 million boost to the local economy.
Premier Steven Marshall says vouchers worth $50, $100 and $200 will be available from late April, after the Easter and school holiday period.
A limited number will go to interstate tourists.
“Expanding the scheme to direct cash-flow into South Australian tour and experience businesses following the busy Easter period and after the JobKeeper subsidy ends is the right support at the right time,” the premier said.
“We’ve listened to industry and business owners across SA, and this latest round of vouchers will see locals spending up on tours and experiences which they ordinarily might have overlooked while holidaying at home.”
About 500 operators are expected to register their experiences, from shark-cage diving and swimming with sea lions, to helicopter and mountain bike tours, guided food and wine trails, and hosted wildlife experiences.
The government will introduce a new “fair and equitable” system to distribute the vouchers but said more details would be released after tour operators completed the expressions of interest process.
Mr Marshall said the new vouchers would include the July school holidays, which would allow families to make the most of a break at that time.
Source: AAP