Royal Hobart Show will go on amid cancellations around the country

The 200th Royal Hobart Show will be one of few to go ahead in Tasmania this year, but with strict limits on crowd numbers.

The state health department is restricting attendance to patrons to 5,000 a day and the government is supporting the event with a grant of $50,000 for hygiene and patron management.

"In the last few days, the Premier and Deputy Premier have become involved, and we're grateful for their decisive steps to ensure a safe show can proceed without debilitating financial losses to the Society", Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania chief executive Scott Gadd said.

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Article written by: Lachlan Bennett, Luke Radford, Fiona Breen, and David Barnott-Clement