Expression of Interest for Eurobodalla Visitor Information Service Delivery

⁠⁠⁠Eurobodalla is coastal destination on the South Coast of New South Wales that is approximately four hours' drive from Sydney. The major towns are Batemans Bay, Moruya and Narooma and the primary economic driver is tourism worth an estimated $388 million to the local economy (Source: LGA Profile Eurobodalla - Four year rolling average ending September 2014. Destination NSW, 2015).

Tourism promotion and marketing of the destination is undertaken by Eurobodalla Shire Council on behalf of the Tourism industry and local residents. This includes visitor service delivery.

To meet the changing needs and behaviour of visitors in their pre-holiday planning phase and when seeking information in destination, Council undertook a review of its current tourism activities. This review proposed changing the model of visitor services to ensure that Council's tourism budget delivers both visitor information services and a competitive destination marketing strategy, effectively and efficiently.

Following an extended period of industry and public consultation in May and June 2015, Council resolved to seek Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified persons, not for profit organisations or businesses to operate the Batemans Bay Visitor Information Centre, or Narooma Visitor Information Centre or both.

During the consultation period, industry and the public raised a number of issues that are to be addressed in the Expression of interest including governance and the continuance of operating accredited Visitor Information Centres.

For further information, including instructions on how to submit a proposal please download the Expression of Interest pdf.