Premier Peter Gutwein and mayors are pleading with Tasmanians to stay home during Easter to avoid the traditional flood of people to coastal areas.
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Coastal towns such as Bridport, Low Head, Scamander and St Helens are normally hotspots during Easter but this year the message is stay home and save lives.
Further restrictions are in place from April 8 until April 27 to protect coastal communities.
The measures mean that those wishing to get out on the water are only able to launch their boats within the municipality they reside in.
Mr Gutwein said coastal communities were particularly vulnerable due to their older demographic and limited access to services.
He said it would be difficult to control a potential virus spread in those communities.
"Just simply don't go and put those coastal communities at risk," he said.
"I've spoken to a couple of mayors over the last 24 hours whose municipalities are on the coast and ... they don't want a flood of people over Easter into those communities.
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"If you live in Launceston and you have a shack in Bridport ... you can not launch a boat outside of the Launceston municipality.
"You can not take it to the Dorset municipality or to Break O'Day or further."
The new measures add to regulations in place for shack owners, who can only visit their shack for urgent repairs or a security check.
Break O'Day mayor Mick Tucker agreed it was a strong message but once the pandemic was over he wanted everyone to remember what Lara Bingle said in her iconic Australian tourism ad.
He said the municipality would be asking 'where the bloody hell are you' once it was over.
"It's really sad for me to tell people we really don't want you to come here this Easter," he said.
"We are one of the top six most dependent municipalities in Australia on tourism so for me to have to say we would love you to come but we don't want you to come now is really hard because it's hurting small businesses and costing jobs.
"Because we want you here ... but at the moment we need you to stay away so you can look after your loved ones where you live and allow us to look after ours."
George Town mayor Greg Kieser said it was important to follow the Premier's advice of staying home and not visiting coastal towns such as Low Head.
He said similar to many of the state's coastal towns, Low Head had an older demographic who were at higher risk during the pandemic.
Mr Kieser said to support businesses in his municipality, without the tourism, the message was to shop local.
"Now more so then ever support your local business because we want to make sure they are there when this is over," he said.
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