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THE ALPINE

BRIGHT - POREPUNKAH - MT BEAUTY - TAWONGA - TAWONGA SOUTH Wednesday, October 4, 2023

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Stats show crime drop

AND THEY’RE OFF RUNNERS in the Bright Fun Run 3km track set off at 9:30am on Saturday, many of them making light work of the trail, while others took part with their parents. Story page 11. PHOTO: Brodie Everist

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Gallery’s spring exhibition

Visitation varies Visitation to Alpine p Shire has seen mixed numbers across Bright, g , Myrtleford y and Mt Beautyy

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE VISITATION to the Alpine Shire has seen mixed numbers across Bright, Myrtleford and Mount Beauty due to a shorter ski season and rise in interest rates in the area. Mount Beauty Chamber of Commerce president Gerardo Altman said the town was very quiet this year. “Usually in this time we’d see our main streets full of cars but there’s been barely any around,” he said. “I believe because a lot of people canned their trip when the ski season finished early

and I would also speculate that rising interest rates and people being overwhelmed with the cost of everything in the area also contributed to the drop in numbers. “Businesses have struggled because they’ve all geared up and got ready to deliver services for a busy holiday period. “When we don’t see those expected numbers it’s a huge loss of business and they can’t really make it up anywhere as it’s seasonal. “At this point in time we just keep with the same layout we have; you’ve got

your bread and butter events every year and then additional things to lay on top of that so we just hope Tourism Victoria will keep promoting the area.” On the other hand, Bright Chamber of Commerce president Marcus Warner said numbers this year over school holidays were the same, if not higher, than previous. “Lots of accommodation and short term rentals were fully booked,” he said. “Larger houses may not have been fully booked but it was still similar to last year.

“Businesses around town had it good; the food and beverage side of things were positive and I think having two grand finals over the same weekend boosted numbers also. “The mountain bike park was exceptionally busy; shuttles were booked all three days and the lineup was long which is great. “My business was up 20 per cent on this time last year; in terms of earnings and visitation. “We didn’t expect to be as big as last year but the week leading up to the long

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due to our farmer’s market bringing in people and the sunny springtime weather. “Town is really full; school holidays always increases visitation and now that NSW has school holidays on it will increase more. “Numbers are back to preCOVID levels, with a slight increase, so everything is settling back to normal. “The early closure of resorts didn’t affect us as we don’t benefit much from it. “Summer will probably be decent; our Summer Series is back which is great and we’re looking forward to it all.”

weekend was one of our best which didn’t happen last year. “It’s hard to tell for Christmas and New Year; bookings are looking similar to last year but people are still hedging bets on interest rate rises and at the moment the focus is on Melbourne Cup long weekend so bookings for that are really positive.” Myrtleford Chamber of Commerce president Jim van Geet said the town saw very similar visitation this year, with numbers increasing slightly. “The last couple of weekends for us have been busy,

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