Maryland Tourism Industry Enjoyed A Banner 2011

Visitors to Maryland spent more than $14.3 billion in 2011, the most since 2008, when visitors spent $14.5 billion.

The Maryland Office of Tourism Development announced these and other numbers during the Maryland Annual Tourism & Travel Summit in Cambridge late last week.

Maryland has increased its market share of the national visitor market 17 percent since 2007, far outperforming regional and national trends, Executive Director Margot Amelia wrote in an email to her staff, following the two-day conference. Visitor spending in 2011 was up 7.8 percent from $13.3 billion in 2010.
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