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The Reviving International Tourism Grant Program (RITG) supports international ready Australian tourism businesses, including wholesalers and exporters, to undertake demand-driving activities such as expos, business development and marketing.
Austrade is administering the program over 2 financial years (2022–23 and 2023–24). The total grant appropriation of $9 million was split into 2 streams:
Applications were demand-driven and eligibility based and capped to a maximum number of applicants based on available funding.
Find successful grant program recipients on GrantConnect by searching for grant opportunity number GO6253 (Stream 1) and GO6272 (Stream 2).
Successful grantees under Stream 1 received an initial grant payment of:
All successful Stream 1 grantees also received a second payment of $24,000 in the 2023-24 financial year.
A final payment of $2,000 was offered to all Stream 1 grantees in April 2024.
Grantees who received funding in both 2022–23 and 2023–24 under Stream 1 must use these funds to attend a pre-approved eligible event outlined in Appendix A of the Program Guidelines or any ‘other’ approved events.
Successful grantees under Stream 2 received a one-off grant payment of $2,000.
A second payment of $6,000 was offered to all Stream 2 grantees in April 2024.
Stream 1 applications:
All Stream 1 grant funding must be expended by 31 December 2024 and grant activities must be completed by 31 March 2025.
Stream 2 applications:
All Stream 2 grant activities and expenditure must be completed by 31 March 2025.
Stream 1 of RITG opened to eligible tourism exporters (inbound tour operators) and travel wholesalers (outbound tour operators/travel wholesalers) to reconnect with international markets by attending pre-approved eligible events.
Stream 2 of RITG opened to eligible tourism businesses to undertake digital uplift activities including website overhaul/audit, online booking capability, integration and automation of systems, production of brochures, social media modernisation and accessibility upgrades.
Applicants must have met all the eligibility criteria.
Download the Reviving International Tourism Grants Guidelines (DOCX 1.08MB).
Successful applicants of both RITG Stream 1 and 2 were issued with a 16-digit Virtual Credit Card (VCC) to pay grant expenses. This allows Austrade to monitor expenditure and acquit grant funding. Grantees may need to produce invoices to support their expenditure.
To make a transaction, grantees should enter the 16-digit number on an online merchant's website.
Please note the following conditions of RITG program expenditure:
A separate VCC was issued for each RITG Stream, even if a grantee is successful for both Stream 1 and Stream 2.
The second payment made under Stream 1 in the 2023–24 financial year was automatically credited to the existing Stream 1 VCC.
The final payments available under Streams 1 and 2 were credited to existing Stream 1 or Stream 2 VCCs. Grantees must have accepted Austrade’s additional funding and the extension of time to spend grant funds.
Stream 1 grantees must spend all grant funding by 31 December 2024. All Stream 1 VCCs will be de-activated on 1 January 2025.
Stream 2 grantees must spend all grant funding by 31 March 2025. All Stream 2 VCCs will be de-activated on 1 April 2025.
All grant activities must conclude by 31 March 2025. This may include allocating grant funding towards eligible activities up to 31 March 2025. Any unspent grant funding will be forfeited.
Learn how to use a Virtual Credit Card (PDF 234KB, DOCX 478KB).
Email: RITGrant@austrade.gov.au
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