- July 11, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
HALLOWELL – The Maine Tourism Association recently polled its members about July 4weekend business, visitor trends and how the workforce shortage is affecting business.
According to Chief Executive Officer Tony Cameron, members responding to the survey stated that nearly 40 percent said business was better than a normal year like 2019, while 47 percent said businesses was 75-100 percent of normal. Only 5 percent said business was worse than usual over the holiday weekend.
“It is such a relief to see our tourism businesses rebounding after the tremendous losses of 2020,” Cameron said. “Early on, all indications were that this year would be a good year for our recovery and it is wonderful to see that panning out. However, challenges do exist — the Canadian border closure affects certain regions of the state greatly and the workforce shortage is tremendously affecting all aspects of tourism.”
The Canadian border closure has…
