The ski fields are booming, but nearby rural towns in the Snowy Mountains are losing essential services

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Small towns once considered contenders to become the new capital city of Australia are now struggling to keep essential services afloat, despite nearly $400 million being pumped into tourism in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

Hamish Steiner co-owns the medical centre in Bombala, which he said would be forced to close if it couldn't attract a long-term doctor."There's a lot of old people who need community transport to get anywhere.Dr Hamish Steiner says Bombala's only GP clinic may be forced to close this year.While these rural Snowy Mountains towns are in decline, communities closer to the ski fields are planning for the future.

Among the new infrastructure planned for the region are the Jindabyne Education Precinct, Southern Connector road and a mountain bike and adventure park.Some towns in the Snowy Mountains have experienced a boom since the pandemic, with land values increasing in Jindabyne by 100 per cent last year. "The towns that have been most successful are the ones that are identified as having the holy grail of employment and education opportunities," Dr Allen said.

"[We hope] it uses Jindabyne as the epicentre of tourism and then it rolls out throughout the region," he said.The decline of rural towns isn't unique to the Snowy Mountains.

 

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