Regional tourism businesses are holding out hope for a domestic travel boom in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Riverina hospitality services, accommodation providers and tour guides have not been spared from the long list of businesses forced to close in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
However, as the curve begins to flatten, certain restrictions are being eased and hopes of getting back to business as usual are growing.
With international travel not expected to resume in the near future, many tourism businesses in the Riverina are hoping to see relief in the form of domestic tourists.
For Jenni Riethmuller at Belisi Farm Stay, the virus meant cancelling 100 per cent of her back-to-back bookings for April.
Ms Riethmuller said the best chance of seeing the rooms filled as soon as possible was for the people of Australia and NSW to make their first post-quarantine holiday a domestic one.
"A few of our bookings have deferred their stay or chosen to keep credits which is lovely," she said.
"We live in a beautiful part of the world with so much to offer, so I am hoping the lack of options for travel will encourage people to see that and explore what's in their own backyards."
Wagga's BIG4 Holiday Park owner Martin Cotterell was another accommodation provider who had faith in a domestic tourism boom.
"We do have people looking to come back though and asking us to keep them in mind when everything starts up again," Mr Cotterell said.
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Riverina tour operators are also hoping to catch a break when domestic tourism returns.
Bundyi Cultural Tours' Mark Saddler said the shift in the tourist market would be "a good opportunity to start looking at what's in people's own backyards".
"Instead of going to look at some pyramids that are 300 years old, let us respectfully show you the artworks and landscapes over 30,000 years old with a culture that is still alive," Mr Saddler said.
The Aboriginal tourism operator said travel agencies would also be shifting their attention to domestic holidays.
"The international market has a huge price for travel agencies, but without that option, they will have to start working with us right here," he said.
The managing director of Darlington Point's Altina Wildlife Park, Gloria Altin, said she only hoped the predictions of a travel boom would eventuate.
"We still have animals to feed and care for, which requires staff and time and money so to get business back is essential at this point," Ms Altin said.
"We don't have a crystal ball so it's hard to say how things will pan out, but it is just a wait and see game."