	{"id":93530,"date":"2023-12-10T04:58:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T17:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=93530"},"modified":"2023-12-06T20:55:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T09:55:49","slug":"cash-grant-backs-visitor-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/cash-grant-backs-visitor-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Cash grant backs visitor experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bendigo Regional Tourism is set to receive a forty-five-thousand-dollar grant through the State Government\u2019s Visitor Servicing Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The money will come out of a $3 million statewide pool and assist with a Bendigo Region Visitor Services Review and Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Bendigo Regional Tourism in securing this grant that will help visitors experience all that Central Victoria has to offer,\u201d said Premier and Member for Bendigo East, Jacinta Allan.<\/p>\n<p>The Visitor Servicing Fund was set up to help develop new technologies to improve visitors\u2019 experiences, so they can most of their trips to the region.<\/p>\n<p>Along with making local attracting more high-tech, the cash is also aimed at securing local tourism services for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fund will help to connect visitors to Central Victoria to attractions, local businesses and encouraging them to spend more and stay longer by providing high-quality, personalised and timely information about what to see and do around Victoria,\u201d said Member for Bendigo West, Maree Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>The grant came through Stream A of the Visitor Servicing Fund which allows for grants of up to $50,000, and The City of Greater Bendigo was one of nine successful municipalities across Victoria to receive money this round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bendigo Regional Tourism is set to receive a forty-five-thousand-dollar grant through the State Government\u2019s Visitor Servicing Fund. 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