Bookings have stopped and cancellations have come in for Bendigo motels.
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The lead up to Easter normally sees motel and hotel rooms filled in Bendigo but events cancelling due to coronavirus means just a tiny proportion of rooms are being used.
Bendigo Motels Association president Charlie Loftus said the city's accommodation wouldn't have had a spare room.
"Most places would be lucky to be at 10 per cent of their normal turnover," he said.
"In the last two weeks, the bookings stopped and refunds went out. All we got was cancellations. That's the only thing we've got.
"Bendigo would have been at capacity for three, possibly four, days this year and that is gone."
Mr Loftus said it was hard to say if any Bendigo motels were in danger of closing down because of the lack of tourism.
"It depends on the assistance from the government," he said. "It's probably more reliant on the individual situation of each property.
"It's not as simple as one (stimulus) package fixing everything. The JobKeeper is quite welcome and has provided some businesses with cash reserve before more assistance can come in."
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But despite the obvious downturn in the accommodation sector, Mr Loftus is remaining optimistic about the future.
"We have been briefed by Bendigo Tourism and they assure us a number events have been postponed and not cancelled," he said.
"Hopefully when we get through this, we can get moving. I'm still fairly positive. When it's over, we will be ready to go.
"Tourism will rebound quickly. It could take up to 12 months but looking forward to a good Easter (in 2021).
Mr Loftus said he believed there would be a lot of Australians happier to do holidays at home rather than heading on cruises or overseas.
"We'll see the population happier to holiday at home," he said. "I'm just hoping the government and councils keep supporting us through this.
"It has had a pretty devastating effect but hotels and motels are still open and a number people still need us like police, relief and agency nurses who always move around."
With a number of hotels in Melbourne offering their facilities as quarantine venues for returning travellers, Mr Loftus said motels would be as ideal.
"Motels are uniquely placed to offer isolation," he said. "There is no contact in lifts or anything, we can offer room services for meals.
"For somebody in that situation, it's ideal they don't have contact but they can go out the room and not be in a corridor."
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