CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The Charleston Location Conference and Visitor’s Bureau says tourism in Charleston saw recovery and expansion in excess of this summer time.
Charleston Director of Communications and Strategic Arranging Chris Campbell claims that across Charleston County, resort occupancy much eclipsed what they observed in 2020.
He adds that for most part, hotel occupancy for June and July was again to pre-pandemic concentrations.
Campbell says vacation rentals in seaside communities also done extremely very well, with occupancy way ahead of 2019.
According to the Charleston Spot Conference and Visitor’s Bureau which tracks hotel occupancy for the overall county, the occupancy amount for motels across Charleston County was 79% for June and July of 2021.
That’s as opposed to 48% past summer months in 2020, and 80% occupancy in June and July of 2019, in advance of the pandemic.
Campbell says this implies that over-all leisure demand from customers continues to be sturdy as we method the Labor Day weekend.
On the other hand, he says the maximize in COVID-19 instances and the growing worry more than the Delta Variant is commencing to impact traveler sentiment nationally.
Campbell provides that Charleston County has begun to see a damaging influence on journey inquiries for upcoming group conferences as people today have expressed concern more than how lengthy the spike in cases will persist.
He suggests they will not be ready to launch August travel info right up until just after this holiday getaway weekend.
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