THOUSANDS of holiday-makers will descent on Portarlington Holiday Park this summer, with the accommodation venue booked out for three weeks from Boxing Day.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the Portarlington Business Development Association (PBDA) Christmas function recently, Bellarine Bayside Chief Executive Officer John Nankervis said the\u00a0900-site park was then pretty close to full capacity until February, when numbers started to drop off a little bit.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen until Easter we are about 50-70 per cent full in Portarlington because people book seasonal tickets, so they are around for four to six months,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Nankervis said thousands of tourists visited the holiday park each year, which was great for the community and great for the town.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe like to emphasise that they all do their shopping in the town and they all buy their petrol at the service station, and so on, so it\u2019s a good thing for the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bellarine Bayside will again be putting on a spectacular fireworks display on New Year\u2019s Eve, which will be bigger and better than before.<\/p>\n
Mr Nankervis said the holiday park would\u00a0also boast 20 security people this summer to ensure everyone stayed safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems like a huge amount but that\u2019s why it\u2019s quiet and peaceful and everyone behaves themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecurity will also be walking up and down the foreshore because the management of the foreshore is our responsibility, but the security guards will be making sure people are behaving themselves as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more information visit bellarinebayside.com.au or follow them on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THOUSANDS of holiday-makers will descent on Portarlington Holiday Park this summer, with the accommodation venue booked out for three weeks from Boxing Day. Speaking at the Portarlington Business Development Association (PBDA) Christmas function recently, Bellarine Bayside Chief Executive Officer John Nankervis said the\u00a0900-site park was then pretty close to full capacity until February, when numbers […]<\/p>\n