Ocean City's boardwalk is open and Myrtle Beach restaurants have resumed dine-in services. Here's how some of the most popular US resort towns are welcoming back visitors after the coronavirus shutdown.
The Washington Post/Getty ImagesThe hotel occupancy rate in the US has increased since the first weekend of relaxed restrictions,From Myrtle Beach to Ocean City, resort towns are slowly reopening in hopes of relieving some of their economic pain.States that have begun reopening are already seeing promising activity in their tourist destinations.
After hotel occupancy plummeted in the weeks following the pandemic, it experienced a slight uptick during the first weekend of relaxed restrictions. The hotel occupancy rate in the US was 28.
More resort towns across the US are following suit, slowly reopening their economies in hopes of bringing in tourism dollars. Consider Ocean City, Maryland, which reopened its beaches and boardwalk on Saturday.Ocean City, Maryland, reopened its beaches and boardwalk over the weekend.. The reopening does not directly affect Maryland's stay-at-home order. Social distancing is still mandatory and gatherings of over 10 people aren't allowed.
Weekend beachgoers came in from neighboring states, according to Powers, but kept their distance on the boardwalk. The beach, she wrote, was "relatively untouched." However, some reopened businesses, such as the popular
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