Borders date provides welcome certainty for NT tourism operators
TOURISM operators now have a date to work towards – July 17 – to welcome visitors for an, albeit smaller, tourist season this year.
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TOURISM operators now have a date to work towards – July 17 – to welcome visitors for an, albeit smaller, tourist season this year.
Museum and Gallery of the NT director Marcus Schutenko said operators now had clarity about how to plan and run attractions.
“It’s great to have a date that we can now work to for the borders,” he said.
“Our Defence of Darwin site had decided they couldn’t reopen until the borders did to make it financially viable.
“It also means the cafe here at the museum will be opening, which is good news.
“It’s great to know that it’s happening in advance of what’s going to be an exciting August for the Territory with the Supercars, Darwin Festival and other events.
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“Our Nyapanyapa indigenous art exhibition is spectacular; we’re happy to know guests, Aboriginal art lovers and art lovers in general will be able to see that, which runs til the 25th of October.”
Crocodylus Park owner Grahame Webb said it was important to bring southerners through the economy.
“It should be the peak of the tourist levels and incomes are probably 10 per cent of what you’d expect at this time,” he said.
“It’s critical we get people in from somewhere or we’ll have to scale things back to a bathtub with two crocodiles in it.
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“You can’t operate something that’s built to handle tourists, not business visitors but real tourists, and then cut the engine off.”
Originally published as Borders date provides welcome certainty for NT tourism operators