Resort and campground sector doing well in economic recovery, others continue to face challenges – Brainerd Dispatch
NISSWA — After two years of the coronavirus pandemic, the travel, tourism and hospitality industry is coming back but the recovery is uneven and there are still challenges ahead.
A lot of events are coming back this summer, Lauren Bennett McGinty, new director for Explore Minnesota, the state’s tourism promotion agency, told a group of more than 100 gathered for the Lakes Area Summer Kickoff event to preview the summer tourism season.
The event, hosted in partnership with the Brainerd Lakes, Crosslake, Pequot Lakes, Nisswa and Cuyuna Lakes chambers of commerce, filled a meeting room Thursday, April 14, at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa.
Some businesses bounced back quickly after early shutdowns in the uncertain spring of 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. One sector that has been slow to recover is business travel. That could also be changing as Explore Minnesota pointed to a recent industry survey with 39% of leisure…
