Regional Australia will benefit from a $250 million federal package designed to encourage domestic tourism.
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The federal government package is made up of a $50 million Regional Tourism Recovery initiative to help regional businesses reliant on international tourism and $200 million for an extra round of the Building Better Regions Fund.
It is hoped the funds will encourage more Australians to travel domestically for their holidays while also boosting regional jobs and local economies.
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Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said $100 million of the funds would be for tourism-related infrastructure.
"We know every dollar spent on building local communities is a dollar well spent and that is at the heart of our economic plan for a more secure and resilient Australia," he said.
Tourism minister Simon Birmingham said hard-hit tourism regions would be able to recover by attracting domestic tourism while international borders are closed.
"Tourism is such an important job creator and driver of many regional economies," he said. "We want to make sure that our tourism regions are in the best possible shape on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic."