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OTD’s website attracts almost three million visitors annually. To ensure your business, event and/or deal is accessible to these travel decision-makers, claim or update your listings through the website’s self- entry portal. Please check your listing often to ensure that it capitalizes on thematic promotions and other OTD marketing activities. SIGN IN DIRECTLY HERE to Submit / Edit Your listings Now Download Instructions and Tips Flyer Listen to Workshop Recording on How to Manage Your[...]

The Maryland Office of Tourism’s promotional campaigns run with interactive advertisements, broadcast and social media to drive multi-night leisure hotel stays and expand awareness of Maryland as a compelling destination with many things to do each season. Maryland tourism industry businesses are encouraged to create packages and deals for seasonal promotions such as Fall Road Trips on Maryland’s Scenic Byways and Welcome Home for the Holidays to be featured on VisitMaryland.org. Tourism-related businesses are invited[...]

Due to the overwhelming response from applications for the EDA grant program, we are pausing accepting applications for the EDA Grants. Additionally, we are awaiting word from the EDA to the status of the grants already received. If you have additional questions, please email at here. Maryland has been awarded $9.6 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) $750 million American Rescue Plan: Travel, Tourism & Outdoor Recreation program. The following[...]

PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS AAA Baltimore Business Journal Brand USA Destination Canada EIC – The Events Industry Council Euromonitor International – Accelerating Travel Innovation after Coronavirus: Outlook for Europe & the Americas European Travel Commission Expedia Group - Recovery Marketing Resource Center GBTA Poll: In-Person Business Meetings and Events To Surge In 2021 Harvard Business Review IATA – The International Air Transportation Association Ipsos - Two in five Americans likely to travel this holiday season[...]

The Maryland Department of Commerce Office of Tourism and the National Park Service have partnered to train Chesapeake Bay guides, watermen and women, or land and water-based tour providers to create or enhance engaging and informative tours for their customers. Participants learn about Chesapeake Bay nature, heritage, and ecology, and find ways to help the Bay. Participants improve their presentation skills and discover how to make their tours fun and relevant for their customers, while[...]