South Australians are being urged to save this Friday, May 28 in their calendars, with the ballot to open for the fourth round of the Great State voucher scheme.

The ballot will ‘open the door’ to more hotel rooms across more of South Australia this winter, including special rates for mid-week stays in the CBD.

Lucky recipients will score a $100 voucher for use on participating CBD and North Adelaide hotels or a $50 voucher for use across suburban and regional SA.

Premier Steven Marshall says round four of the Great State voucher scheme will be a much-needed shot-in-the-arm for our CBD hotels, pubs, clubs and restaurants and businesses, helping to create and sustain jobs across the entire state.

“We’ve seen the data – during the travel period of the last round of accommodation vouchers, regional South Australia had its best occupancy rates for a three-month period ever recorded and CBD hotels hit the highest occupancy of any mainland Australian city,” he says.

“These vouchers stimulate travel, they get South Australians and interstate visitors booking overnight stays in our great state, and they sustain and create jobs in our visitor economy.

“As we head into the winter months, this is even more important and that’s why we’re offering more than 50,000 vouchers – made all the more easy to access thanks to a randomised ballot, which we used successfully in round three of the voucher scheme.

“The ballot has proved to be a quick, simple and fair process for distributing tens of thousands of vouchers to get people booking and spending up with South Australian businesses.

“It’s simple, easy and I encourage all eligible South Australians to jump online and register for a Great State Voucher – and then book a SA getaway this winter.”

South Australian Tourism Commission chief executive Rodney Harrex says the feedback from industry about the value of this targeted stimulus program speaks for itself.

“The Great State Vouchers inject visitors and dollars directly into South Australian businesses. They get people off the couch, booking an overnight stay – or as we’ve seen recently, a tour or experience – and they get people spending at cafes, restaurants, bars, wineries and going to events,” he says.

“The SATC worked with participating operators following the last two rounds for accommodation, seeking to continuously evolve and improve the program, and we’re thrilled to be delivering a range of efficiencies for this round which will streamline the process for both operators and consumers.

Eligible consumers can enter the ballot at southaustralia.com/voucher anytime from 9am ACST Friday 28 May until 5pm ACST Tuesday 1 June.

All entrants will be notified on Wednesday 2 June whether they have been successful or not, and can book from 2 June to 30 June, for travel from 2 June to 31 August 2021 (excluding Saturday nights).

More information is on the SA Tourism website. 

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