Program closed

Applications for the Enabling Tourism Fund 2024 are now closed.
Successful recipients of the Enabling Tourism Fund 2024 can be found here.

Program overview

The Enabling Tourism Fund 2024 supports regional and rural Victorian tourism projects to reach investment-ready status by funding planning activities such as feasibility studies and design for future investment.

This fund helps to deliver a strong pipeline of demand-driving tourism infrastructure projects across Victoria.

The fund was delivered trough two grant streams:

  • Stream 1 – Testing the Concept: between $20,000 and $500,000 (excl. GST) for a project to test the concept of a new infrastructure project, such as a feasibility study, master plan or business case.
  • Stream 2 – Preparing for Investment: between $20,000 and $500,000 (excl. GST) to prepare a combination of materials to ensure that a project is ready for infrastructure investment. These could include a detailed design package, funding strategy, or stakeholder and community engagement plans.

Applications for the Enabling Tourism Fund 2024 are now closed.

Successful Grant recipients

Successful recipients of the Enabling Tourism Fund 2024 can be found here.

Funding options Available funding

Stream 1 – Testing the Concept

Between $20,000 and $500,000 (excl. GST)

Stream 2 – Preparing for Investment

Between $20,000 and $500,000 (excl. GST)

Program guidelines

Enabling Tourism Fund 2024 — Program guidelines (PDF 681.24 KB) PDF icon

Enabling Tourism Fund 2024 — Program guidelines (DOCX 102.51 KB) DOCX icon

Supporting templates

Enabling Tourism Fund – Project plan template (DOCX 1481.58 KB) DOCX icon

In-Kind and voluntary support – Form and factsheet (DOCX 959.15 KB) DOCX icon

Profit, loss and cashflow projections template (XLSX 621.98 KB) XLSX icon

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Please read the full list of FAQs.

How to apply

Please read all the information on this page, the program guidelines, and the frequently asked questions (FAQs) before applying.

Applications for both Stream 1 and Stream 2 closed at 5pm on 28 March 2024.

If you have further questions regarding the Enabling Tourism Fund, please contact tourism.projects@ecodev.vic.gov.au.