Round 4 of SA’s tourism vouchers rolling out this week

New discount tourism vouchers will be available in South Australia from Friday this week, in a bid to increase hotel occupancy during the winter midweek period.

However, the 50,000 vouchers will be for accommodation only and will be for special midweek deals that exclude Friday nights.

According to Premier Steven Marshall, round four of the voucher scheme would offer a much needed “shot-in-the-arm” for hotels and associated businesses too.

“We’ve seen the data – during the travel period of the last round of accommodation vouchers, regional South Australia had its best occupancy rates for a three-month period ever recorded and CBD hotels hit the highest occupancy of any mainland Australian city,” said Mr Marshall.

“These vouchers stimulate travel, they get South Australians and interstate visitors booking overnight stays in our great state, and they sustain and create jobs in our visitor economy.”

Rodney Harrex, South Australian Tourism Commission chief executive, said the feedback about this  stimulus program “speaks for itself”.

“The Great State Vouchers inject visitors and dollars directly into South Australian businesses. They get people off the couch, booking an overnight stay – or as we’ve seen recently, a tour or experience – and they get people spending at cafes, restaurants, bars, wineries and going to events,” he said.

“The SATC worked with participating operators following the last two rounds for accommodation, seeking to continuously evolve and improve the program, and we’re thrilled to be delivering a range of efficiencies for this round which will streamline the process for both operators and consumers.”

For your chance to win one of these vouchers, enter the ballot at  southaustralia.com/voucher from 9am Friday May 28 until 5pm Tuesday June 1.

Irit Jackson, 25th May 2021