MCHENRY — Deep Creek Lake and Garrett County noticed record increases in tourism throughout 2021 with a 34.3% enhance in county lodging gross sales, an 8.1% enhance in guests to the Garrett County Chamber of Commerce web site, a 56.8% enhance in visitors to the Visitors Center and a forty five.7% enhance in Garrett County Visitor Guide requests.Due to lodging development between 2017 and 2019, the chamber secured a ten.4% enhance in state tourism advertising and marketing match grant funds for fiscal 2022.
“By using progressive and strategic advertising and marketing methods, Garrett County was capable of keep away from the destiny of many tourism areas who noticed drastic drops in tourism through the pandemic,” stated Sarah Duck, vp of tourism and advertising and marketing of the chamber. “We trust in our advertising and marketing methods and these stats validate that our efforts are efficient and yielding robust outcomes for our group. However, as tourism begins to rebound throughout the nation and the world, tourism promoting has develop into extra aggressive than ever, so we should proceed to be creative and deliberate in reaching our viewers with the proper message.”Garrett County skilled related tourism increases in 2020. Despite county leases being closed to guests from March 27 to May 13, Garrett County had a 31.7% enhance in county lodging gross sales, a 17.1% enhance in heads on beds and a 16.9% enhance in guests to the chamber’s web site, visitdeepcreek.com throughout 2020.
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