THE NATIONAL LEVEL
Stuart Lamont , the CEO of Caravan Industry Association of Australia , told GoRV that the association remained supportive of the industry ’ s state-based efforts to re-open safely .
“ We are strongly in support of people getting vaccinated ,” he said .
“ With NSW and Vic - and we ’ ve been lucky that manufacturers there have been able to be open - we are seeing some stockpiling of product in dealerships , where they ’ ve been unable to handover their product to customers . There is going to be a rush of handovers .”
Mr Lamont is predicting that there will be a large surge in the market once restrictions are further relaxed .
He said that a “ couple of caravan park groups have already reported a significant amount of bookings ” for once travel is allowed , in both regional Victoria and New South Wales .
“ We know there is a lot of pent-up demand based on the enquiries we ’ re receiving , so it should be a quick ‘ bounce ’.”
OUR VIEW
GoRV is proudly pro-vaccination . We fully support any government initiative to re-open RV manufacturing as well as the broader economy . It is the only way we will all get back to living our lives .
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