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support. ANYONE The mayor was full who thought the of was asking Cr Steve Hollan not mistak tourists over the Mornington Penins both d said the en. summer council Recent months ula money to compl state and federa was l govern ete the 130 Trail, which one of thedata shows the penins ments one of the he said has the kilometre Penins for to open most popular tourismula is officia ula greatest potent a scenic trails ial to becom spots in lly “A compl ting from tourism business, Victoria e of the significant eted Peninsula cafes and its proximity to with operators Trail would world. benefi Melbo restaurants, create local boost to our local hills. be a sand, surf urne, and mix of tportunities jobs. It would tourism indust and rolling The Busine ry offer green ss Victor of our vibranfor guided walkin exciting new and has more ia data opg and cyclin opportunities t food, wine Victoria tourism businesses shows the penins g tours and (it riginal cultura for eco-tourism, art scene and government)is classified metrop(3932) in region ula as well as create would attract l and histori nong Range than the Yarra olitan by the al Aboc state Valley more evenly off-peak and tours. Importantly, Despite s (3916) and Murra and Dande mid-w it disperse y (3880) he said. tourists the growth in the them across eek tourists and region are number the penins ing, reflect more conservative Holland of busine s. ula,” said the ing a post sses, with was post-p their spendModelling not surpris COVID cautio based on ing “given andemic drop in downs on tourism 2022 ABS usness. revenue the impac on the penins the data shows t of lockmillion “[The shire] peninsula”. ula is in provides sector in jobs, compagross revenue andworth almost $613 support a delive red to for our tourism dedicated range of ways, of these includ jobs are $1 billion pre-COrs 3824 direct Peninsula tourism team based ing having in services (2262), accommodation VID. Most Visitor Inform at the Morni a to help local with to Morni ation ngton ngton Penins retail having and food down by 604. Accor Despite tourism busine Centre in Droma ula Shire the sses.” $4 na The penins million pre-CO data that figureding Victoria has number of busine VID. slipped is ula (and sses increa tourist econom is domin to third Victor sing, ated place in ies as bourne as non-employinby small busineia’s) tourism sector Australia’s Australia’s Sydney takes over travel destina with fewer g, micro and sses that includ top Easter from Meltion. holidays make up than 20 staff. small businesses e MP for domestic Businesses 96 per cent Victoria. Sam GrothNepean and shadow of this size of all tourism spending said international tourism minist businesses Most of er in Victoria the growth in tourism in 2019 ïn Victoria had fallenovernight tourism came from to $3.3 billion from $8.8 way food He said cafes, restaurbusinesses in in 2022. billion service the sector was ants s 2019 or answers an extra (up 15.7 per cent and takeadesperately from 3573 busine which was the Visitor since June Committee Economy hoping for said tourism for Mornington sses). which the due to be delive Master Plan backbone , hospitality and CEO Josh Sincla “strategy state government red in July 2022, of the visitor events were ir ington Penins next 10 to drive tourism promised would and years” development be a ula”. He economy on the “the continue The master . said Mornover the to plan had keep it at lobby for state the committee would was now and federa the approaching never been release The shire top. l money “Victoria 12 month d and it to is also calling s since and major has for a long for more time been its due date. government we cannot events capital of the Australia, tourism afford to be compl but acent,” Grothit's clear said.
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