The federal government has confirmed it will roll out the passports, which show the owner's vaccination status during overseas travel, from October.

It is predicted many nations will require travellers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be let in and these passports, held in a phone app, will be the ticket to enter.

Helloworld Travel Albury, Wodonga and Wangaratta owner Renee Nightingale said she's excited, but cautious not to look too far ahead.

"We're not making bookings for December, but we're really excited to book ahead and know there's the possibility of being able to travel internationally next year, almost two years after international borders have closed," she said.

"International travel is probably worth 80 per cent of our business, so it has been a long 20 months with little to no income.

"We're really optimistic this could be the turnaround the travel industry needs and I do think when the world opens up, everyone will be wanting to jump on planes to make up for lost time."

Mrs Nightingale said all three of her offices had remained open, on reduced hours, throughout the pandemic.

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"We had that period back in April and May where things looked like they were going to get going domestically and we had an influx of bookings," she added.

"However, now we're doing the same as what we were doing last year in terms of crediting and refunding bookings.

"I couldn't close my doors today and know all the clients have been looked after because we're still refunding 20 months after the initial border closure.

"There's every chance we'll be in Singapore before we can get to Perth, which is a pretty scary thought, but we need to be able to move within our own country and then have the freedom to go overseas once it's safe to do so."

But in positive news for tourism in the North East, Falls Creek Resort welcomed back regional Victorian visitors on Friday for skiing and snowboarding.

Regional Victorians can travel to alpine resorts if they have received a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival.

"With 82 centimetres of snow still on the ground, it's going to be excellent spring skiing," Falls Creek Resort Management chief executive Stuart Smythe said.

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