It comes as Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed skipping a step on the roadmap out of restrictions was on the cards.
Regional areas were to have some restrictions eased on September 13, before requiring a 14-day period with a rolling average of less than five cases and no unknown sources in order to move to the next step.
With no new regional cases on Thursday, the rolling 14-day average is now 4.5, though eight cases in that time have been from unknown sources.
Echuca Moama Tourism chief executive Kathryn Mackenzie said there would still be some hurdles to jump for local industry, but businesses would support the move to open up.
“The restrictions seem to keep some caps on how many people can move, but it's progress,” she said.
“It's been a tough period for so many of our operators without having the opportunity to open up and have guests, it's tough for them.
“We can only hope to see the opportunity for business to open up fully as the steps move forward.”
Mr Andrews said with numbers continuing to fall, the changes could be sooner than expected.
"Regional Victoria are quite close to being able to take perhaps not just one step, but two,” he said.
"We have to be heavily caveated in terms of that.
"We need to make sure that we continue that trend going forward but we're confident that those numbers are low and getting lower and that means there will be an opportunity for us quite soon to take a step or steps towards that ‘COVID normal’ for regional Victoria."
The changes could result in no restrictions on reasons for leaving home or distance of travel.
The change could also potentially see outdoor dining return, with density limits and group limits of 10.