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Eastern Shore DMOs urge restoration of tourism funding as lawmakers warn of proposed August rockfish closure
Summary
DMOs from counties across the Eastern Shore told the delegation that tourism generates billions in spending, supports thousands of jobs and supplies state tax revenue; lawmakers raised alarm about a proposed regulation to close the Chesapeake Bay striped bass fishery in August and urged coordinated advocacy.
Destination marketing organizations representing Maryland’s Eastern Shore presented economic data to the Eastern Shore delegation on Feb. 27 and urged the state to restore and maintain tourism funding to preserve jobs and local tax revenue.
The pitch opened with Cassandra Van Hooser, director of economic development and tourism for Talbot County and chair of the Maryland Association of Destination Marketing Organizations, who said DMOs “put heads in beds, feed our streets, dollars and cash registers, and money back into your community.” Tom Perlazo, Ocean City’s director of tourism, told the delegation that visitor spending and event-driven…
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