CVB appears to rebound in 2021 amid lingering pandemic

FREMONT – For the initially few of months of 2020, it appeared to Peggy Courtney like it was going to be a solid yr for tourism in Sandusky County.

There ended up 49 group tour buses booked to appear to the county, with a whole slate of occasions to attract travelers and fill the county’s accommodations and restaurants.

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the disruptions and cancellations kept coming, with prime nearby events like the county’s Bicentennial Bash and the Sandusky River’s once-a-year walleye and white bass operates both cancelled or seeing considerably lessened variety of site visitors.

Courtney, the Sandusky County Convention and Guests Bureau’s govt director, claimed the lingering pandemic has pressured her company to scale again its price range and projections for lodging tax revenues this calendar year.

She remains cautiously optimistic that, with vaccinations and the range of COVID situations gradually declining, there will be an uptick in tourism at some level in 2021.

“I seriously do sense like at the time people are in a position to get out and vacation, they will arrive to the space,” Courtney stated.