06/14/2021

Summer and Eased Restrictions Fuel Surge in Travel, Event Bookings

What's happening this summer in Toledo

Pent-up demand for travel, meetings, conferences and special events like weddings and social gatherings is on the verge of exploding with the June 2 lifting of nearly all of Ohio's coronavirus (COVID-19) regulations, including the state requirement of face coverings inside public buildings.

“We’ve started getting face-to-face meetings. It feels kind of good to get back to normal,” said Lance Woodworth, president and chief executive of Destination Toledo, Lucas County’s convention and tourism bureau. “It’s the little things that you took for granted that are most gratifying, the handshake, the face-to-face greetings. Now, you realize just how important that is."

According to a May 20-22 survey by the Ohio Travel Association (OTA), a nonprofit organization that supports the state travel economy, the expected number of leisure trips over the next three months stands at three per person, with small towns and rural places the most likely destination for state travelers.

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