Credit: (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
File photo: At the beach in Seaside Heights, summer 2014
As New Jersey prepares to lift many of its COVID-19 restrictions next week, tourism boosters have a sunny outlook on the upcoming summer season at the Shore.
“We are anticipating a great 2021,” said Diane Wieland, director of tourism for Cape May County.
Wieland was among the panelists at the 13th annual Jersey Shorecast, hosted by Stockton University’s Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism on Wednesday.
Atlantic City fared better last year than expected, according to Larry Seig, president and CEO of Meet AC. “We saw a lot of people last year who wanted to get out,” he said. “But now that we even had more of the outdoor restrictions lifted and we can do concerts again and activate the boardwalk, we’re going to see even more people come down.”
As New Jersey prepares to
lift many of its COVID-19 restrictions next week, tourism boosters have a sunny outlook on the upcoming summer season at the shore.
“We are anticipating a great 2021,” said Diane Wieland, director of tourism for Cape May County.
Wieland was among the panelists at the 13th annual Jersey Shorecast, hosted by
Stockton University’s
Atlantic City fared better last year than expected, according to Larry Seig, president and CEO of Meet AC.
“We saw a lot of people last year who wanted to get out,” said. “But now that we even had more of the outdoor restrictions lifted and we can do concerts again and activate the boardwalk, we’re going to see even more people come down.”
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Seaside Heights boardwalk in September 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
As New Jersey prepares to lift many of its COVID-19 restrictions next week, tourism boosters have a sunny outlook on the upcoming summer season at the shore.
“We are anticipating a great 2021,” said Diane Wieland, director of tourism for Cape May County.
Wieland was among the panelists at the 13th annual Jersey Shorecast, hosted by
Atlantic City fared better last year than expected, according to Larry Seig, president and CEO of Meet AC.
“We saw a lot of people last year who wanted to get out,” said. “But now that we even had more of the outdoor restrictions lifted and we can do concerts again and activate the boardwalk, we’re going to see even more people come down.”
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And as you get ready to travel,
you’re gonna find that some bars, restaurants, and hotels are having a hard finding workers..Tourists are not the only summer visitors, though. Businesses typically hire between 15 and 20,000 extra workers to keep up with the summer demand. But this year,
finding enough staff is becoming a real problem.
The reporter found that local restaurant owner David Colombo “needs to find about 40 more workers” before the beginning of the busy summer season. Turning to Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce CEO Wendy Northcross, Begnaud noted that
“There are several barriers causing the worker shortage.” Northcross specifically pointed to extended government unemployment checks: