Despite a recent third wave of COVID-19 cases, tourists are gearing up to hit Cape Cod beaches this coming summer.
Officials said hotels are already filling up for summer vacations and local businesses are scrambling to hire staff before then.
With the influx in tourism on the horizon, officials are also working to vaccinate as many residents as possible. This includes nearly all homebound residents being vaccinated through their local boards of health and councils on aging.
Speeding up vaccinations is timely, as contagious variants of the virus are spreading quickly in the county. Cape Cod is a state hot spot for a variant first discovered in Brazil.