Third round of COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program offers grants of between $7,500 and $90,000.
Tourism Minister Dan Tehan has confirmed details of a third round of the COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program, offering a total of $75.5 million in targeted support to travel agents and tour arrangement service providers.
Applications for the program will open on 29 March and close on 20 April, with maximum grants of $90,000 available, down to $7,500 and pro-rated payouts available under the new stream for partial year operations.
Grant applications will be assessed based on the “eligible turnover and reference period under Round Two and/or the multi-outlets scheme,” the Government said.
Tehan said Australia’s tourism industry was bouncing back, with international and state borders now open and a date set for the resumption of cruising. “Confidence is growing, Australians are booking holidays with their travel credits and our travel agents are in demand,” he said.
“This targeted program will support travel agents and tour arrangement service providers to meet ongoing costs of running outlets, continue to process rebookings and provide high-quality customer service to their customers,” Tehan added.
He said so far $184 million had been paid out under the first two rounds of the program, with 5,455 grants issued to about 3,233 recipients.
Round Three of the program is open to businesses who have received a CTSP Round 2 or Round 2 Multi-outlet payment, along with a new stream for eligible travel agents and tourism arrangement service providers that commenced operations in the calendar year 20-19 and achieved a pro-rata turnover (not sales) of between $50,000 and $20 million during that year.
More details in Monday’s issue of Travel Daily.