Parramatta. $49,000 tourism grant

Parramatta City Council has received a grant of $49,000 towards a marketing campaign aimed at attracting visitors to Parramatta, under the NSW Government’s Greater Sydney Tourism Partnership Funding Program. “The campaign will include the development and online distribution of a new visitor guide and target interstate and overseas tourists accessing Parramatta, from the river corridor from Sydney, as well as business travellers from Victoria and Queensland,” said local MP, Tanya Gadiel. The Parramatta campaign will run from 1 November 2009 until 31 January 2010.