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WineVic has announced it will soon launch VICWINES.COM.AU, a comprehensive, searchable guide to Victorian wineries, under the campaign ‘The Little Black Book of Victorian Wine’. The website has been developed to help buyers filter wineries by location, taste preferences, winery credentials such as sustainability or accessibility features. The website is designed for user experience and…

Tourism North East is reminding tourism operators that the Vic Emergency website and app are the ‘go-to’ locations for emergency information and warnings. You can also access preparedness and recovery information related to emergencies. The website has a real-time map display with incidents across the state including floods, storms, fires, earthquakes, tsunami, beach closures, shark sightings…

Office Hours Tourism North East will be operating throughout the Christmas and New Year period. However, please note the office will be closed: Thursday 24th December / Friday 25th December / Monday 28th December / Friday 1st January / Tourism North East wishes everyone a safe and merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Business Victoria has released the details of the Regional Travel Voucher Scheme that will provide eligible Victorians a financial incentive to explore the state. Three rounds of 40,000 vouchers will be offered to Victorian residents to contribute to the costs of accommodation, tourism attractions or tours undertaken in regional Victoria, the Yarra Ranges and the…

QR code record keeping is now mandatory for hospitality venues with a density limit of one person every two square meters, (up to 50 customers).  To assist businesses with this requirement, the Victorian Government has released a free QR code service that can be used by businesses and venues.  Click here for more information on…

The Premier has announced the further easing of restrictions in Victoria from 11.59pm on Sunday 6 December.   For more detail on these changes, please see the Summary of COVIDSafe Summer Restrictions.   This is welcome news for the Victorian visitor economy as our region once again attracts visitors from across the country.   To support tourism…

The Victorian Government has announced the Public Events Framework.  The Public Events Framework sets out the requirements for organising a public event and includes information for indoor and outdoor setting, limits on the number of people attending the event, density requirements and further information on COVID Safe principles and behaviours. Under the Public Events Framework,…

How is TNE online performing? Everything is up and in the green on TNE managed digital channels (Facebook, Instagram and Websites) Social channels continue to perform very strongly in 2020, led by the See High Country channels on Facebook and Instagram. See High Country, has gained over 10,000 followers on Facebook this calendar year. Previously,…

Two major High Country projects are to receive significant State Government support.

On Sunday, November 8th, Minister Pakula announced the launch of Visit Victoria’s new intrastate marketing campaign – Stay Close, Go Further, designed to reignite tourism to the regions following the immense challenges of 2020. The High Country features prominently in the campaign, with a dedicated television commercial and a number of other media placements across print, radio,…