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WITH international travel off the cards for the foreseeable future, a council initiative is instead encouraging travel through Hobart’s tasty cuisines.

The Hobart City Council’s Passport to Hobart program will run for four weeks, with diners encouraged to try one of the 49 different businesses involved to earn vouchers.

Dana Eating House owner Mikaela Mulvaney said the Passport to Hobart program was a great idea.

“I think that Tasmanians were lucky but also we did the right thing, so initiatives like this and encouraging people to get out and about, visit their favourites, their locals, maybe somewhere new is an awesome idea,” she said.

Ms Mulvaney and coowners Dan and Ollie Lancaster opened the restaurant on August 1, just as the state’s COVID-19 restrictions began to ease.

Dan Lancaster said it was a big leap opening during a pandemic. “We’d been wanting to do this for a long time so we thought, ‘why not give it a crack?’,” he said.

Acting Lord Mayor Helen Burnet said a variety of food and beverage operators were participating.

“Now that the hustle and bustle of the festive season is behind us, this program provides some extra incentive to visit your favourite venue, or to explore new venues that you haven’t been to before.”

The Stamp Me app is free and the first 3500 people to download it get a $10 welcome voucher.

By spending $20 at a participating venue, you earn a stamp — five stamps earn a $20 voucher.

Visit hellohobart.com.au/passport.