One year with COVID: Pandemic devastates Maineâs tourism industry, hope for better 2021 Share Updated: 8:50 PM EST Mar 10, 2021 Share Updated: 8:50 PM EST Mar 10, 2021
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Show Transcript OUR GOVERNMENT IS A GREAT JOB KEEPING THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW HELPING KEEP THE MEMBERS WAY DOWN. BUT IT STILL HURTS GLENN SANTA CLAUS GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SHEBIG ISLAND INN OFF THE COAST OF PORTLAND SAYS THEY MADE A TOUGH DECISION TO CLOSE FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER LAST YEAR A FINANCIAL DISASTER FOR THEM, BUT THE SAFEST OPTION FOR FULL-TIME ISLAND RESIDENTS. THE ISLANDERS ARE GENERALLY AN OLDER. DEMOGRAPHICALLY NEW THE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO COME OUT. SO IT WAS PROBABLY EASIER FOR US SAFER FOR US TO TO CLOSE FORTUNATELY A LOT OF THE WEDDINGS. I WOULD SAY 90% OF THE WEDDINGS BOOKED AGAIN FOR THIS YEAR. SO THIS YEARâS ALREADY LOOKING REALLY STRONG TAX INFORMATION FROM 2020 SHOWS RESTAURANT PROFITS WERE DOWN 30% FOR MARCH THROUGH DECEMBER YEAR OVER YE
Mills loosens COVID-19 travel and business capacity restrictions to boost Maine tourism
“Public health and economic health go hand-in-hand – and this plan aims to achieve both,” Mills said in a release Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 11:28 AM EST March 5, 2021 Updated: 4:01 PM EST March 6, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Friday announced loosened coronavirus-related travel restrictions and a reopening plan to boost tourism ahead of the spring and summer.
During the press conference Friday, Mills said many economists have said, If you want to restore the economy, deal with the pandemic first because you can’t have a healthy economy without healthy people.