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Accommodation providers and businesses in the NSW South Coast holiday region of Jervis Bay have been swamped by hundreds of cancellations and attempted cancellations to bookings following confusion over coronavirus border restrictions.
A Shoalhaven City Council spokeswoman said hundreds if not thousands of people had been trying to cancel their bookings this week based on a misunderstanding that all of Jervis Bay was classified as the Jervis Bay Territory and governed by the ACT s Public Health Order, which had banned Sydneysiders. After bushfires decimated the January trade for the whole of the Shoalhaven in 2020, tourism operators in the Jervis Bay area are now facing another blow. It’s important that visitors don’t panic and cancel their bookings in Jervis Bay, the spokeswoman said.