Less than 10 per cent of travellers in NSW coronavirus hotel quarantine have paid their bill

Less than 10 per cent of guests in quarantine hotels in New South Wales have paid for the service since the State Government began charging for the program four months ago.

Documents obtained under freedom of information laws have also revealed 644 invoices are so overdue that debt recovery orders have been issued to recoup more than $2 million in outstanding fees.

Since July 18, overseas arrivals have been billed $3,000 each for the mandatory two-week stay in heavily guarded hotels.

Passengers flying to Sydney from Victoria since September 11 are also supposed to pay for their quarantine.

Since the NSW Government began charging, the documents show 43,684 returned travellers have been put up in hotels.

But just 4,156 have paid their…