Dine & Discover Vouchers help Australian Reptile Park record its biggest day of visitation

The Australian Reptile Park, situated on the NSW Central coast, yesterday attracted its biggest day of visitation with the park management team attributing the success to the Dine & Discover voucher scheme.

The popular tourism attraction saw a single-day record visitation of 3,636 visitors - smashing its previous record of 3,200 in January 2019.

Visitors used the final weekend to get out and about before the program ends on Thursday 30th June. 1,475 NSW government vouchers were redeemed at the Australian Reptile Park alone yesterday with expectations for more and more visitors to use them in the coming days.

Last week, the NSW Government released data outlining the areas with the most unused Dine & Discover Vouchers, spotlighting the Central Coast as topping the list with an astounding 547,543 unused vouchers with a value of over $13,700,000. Off the back of this, the Australian Reptile Park ran a campaign to urge all residents to check their Service NSW app and make sure their vouchers don’t go to waste.

The Central Coast, Blacktown, and Canterbury-Bankstown areas all had over 500,000 unused Dine & Discover vouchers that will expire on 30th June, with millions of dollars of Government funding potentially wasted. Across the state, more than $326 million worth of vouchers were still to be redeemed at the time of the Government’s media release.

The Australian Reptile Park was one of the flagship businesses to help the NSW Government launch the Dine & Discover voucher scheme in February 2021 and has since seen over 35,000 vouchers redeemed at the award-winning Central Coast wildlife park – a much needed boost after COVID closures saw the Park close for a total of seven months between 2020 and 2021.

Australian Reptile Park Director, Liz Gabriel noted “we couldn’t be happier with breaking our attendance record! The support we’ve received from visitors from all across the state over the past year has been incredible, thanks to the NSW Government and the Dine & Discover Voucher scheme.

“What’s shocking is that so many vouchers are yet to be used! Even though we saw huge redemptions of the vouchers on the weekend, there is still so many out there! With the Central Coast topping the list of the most unused vouchers, we want to get the word out there to make sure no one misses out in the final days.

“This week is the last week to use your vouchers before they expire on Thursday 30th June. We are encouraging people to swap your vouchers on our website into tickets if you can’t get to the Park in the next few days! This is your last chance to make the most of your Dine & Discover vouchers so don’t miss out!”

The Australian Reptile Park is accepting Dine & Discover NSW Vouchers both online and at the gate, until 30th June 2022. Visitors can simply scan their Discover Vouchers at Reception upon arrival for $25 off their tickets or they can redeem multiple vouchers online through the Australian Reptile Park’s website in exchange for ARP Discount Codes. Once the Discover Vouchers have been exchanged for ARP Discount Code, they can use multiple codes in one transaction. These codes must be switched to tickets before 30th June as per NSW government guidelines.

For those wishing to ‘pay it forward’ to support families in need, the Australian Reptile Park’s ‘Pay Discover Forward’ program allows visitors to redeem their vouchers online and choose a charity for the Reptile Park to donate tickets to on their behalf. They will also receive a $25 ARP Discount Code to use for their own visit. Since the ‘Pay Discover Forward’ program was introduced in July last year, over $550,000 worth of tickets has been donated to charities such as Ronald McDonald House Charities, Make-A-Wish Australia, the Kids with Cancer Foundation and other deserving children’s charities.

More information at www.reptilepark.com.au