North Americaâs Upscale Resorts Enjoying a Post-pandemic Boom May 25, 2021 The staff at one of the tourist information centers in the Pocono Mountains region in Pennsylvania have not been this busy for a long time now. The phone seems to be ringing off the hook, with vacationers looking for recommendations regarding attractions, restaurants and lodging opportunities. “We haven’t had such a busy May here for quite a while,” told us Matt from the center. “We knew people would be ecstatic after this rough COVID-19 year, but we didn’t know it would be this crazy.” The tourism and hospitality sector has had an indisputably bumpy ride in the past year. With international travel being limited, and with restrictions and lockdowns affecting domestic tourism, it was unclear for many in the business how they would survive this rough period. Nowadays, though, it seems for those hotel companies that were strong enough to make it through the pandemic, there’s a recent bloom in business.