NSW Aboriginal Tourism Operators Council director Mark Saddler said the industry had just started to hit its stride in the months before COVID-19, with NSW overtaking Queensland as the number one hot spot for Aboriginal tourism.

Mr Saddler said there is still a groundswell of untapped demand for Aboriginal tourism in the Riverina, with more people keen to "explore their own backyards" as an alternative to holidaying abroad.

"People can travel overseas and look at the pyramids, which are beautiful and 3000 years old. But in our Wiradjuri nation we've got items in our area that are up to 60,000 years old," Mr Saddler said.

"We're going to have a domestic tourism market bubble - it will go through the roof."

Aboriginal artist Tyronne Hoerler also has big plans for a post-lockdown Wagga, with several large-scale mural projects in the pipeline.

He will be painting murals for Mount Austin High School, Kooringal High School, and even a 174-metre high mural for the military base.

"I started off working on A3 bits of paper, so to be working on 174-metre murals is a big step," Mr Hoerler said.

Many of his plans were scuppered by the coronavirus, but he has since found other ways to keep his artist hands busy.

He has been working "flat out" at home during lockdown, and as restrictions lift Wagga residents can look forward to seeing more colourful Aboriginal art popping up all over town.