In a partial thawing of relations between the council and its long-time marketing body, the council has agreed to offer to chip in the remaining $8000 to put its tourist attractions back on the internet.

The deal comes three months after councillors voted to cut all ties with Shipwreck Coast Marketing (SCM), primarily over frustrations surrounding a proposed rebranding to "The Apostle Coast".

Mayor Ken Gale has confirmed that SCM offered to re-establish the council's web presence and take care of its international marketing.

"We need $24,000 for use of the (www.visitportfairy.com.au) website and we have decided to ask the tourism operators if they are keen to be involved in that.

"They will have to raise $16,000 and we'll top it up to $24,000 but the operators will have to be very, very keen.

"If we don't get the support from the tourism operators then I think it's dead in the water."

The council was aiming to hear from tourism operators within the next week, he added.

Port Fairy Tourist Association executive committee member Jenni Hider-Smith said tourism operators had received a letter from Moyne Shire asking them to pay $200 to pay for the SCM website service.

"It's definitely worth doing," the operator of the Anchorage Big 4 Holiday Park said.

"It's really important that we get back onto the web as soon as possible, particularly if we go through Shipwreck Coast (Marketing), we'll have a natural link to (the) Visit Victoria (website)."