A federal judge was skeptical of a legal challenge to Ocean City’s ordinance banning female toplessness on its beaches at a hearing Friday as town officials testified to the numerous calls, emails and conversations they had with concerned residents and ...

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Maryland officials say tourism spending increased in 2017, despite a drop in overall visitors.

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The female plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit over Ocean City's ban on female topless sunbathing are seeking an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of the ordinance.

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Airbnb continued to grow in the Maryland market last year, with around 265,000 visits bringing in more than $42 million. In 2017, the short-term rental service said it booked 151,000 stays in Maryland, totaling more than $25 million. “Home sharing ...

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Baltimore welcomed more visitors who spent more money last year than the year before, Visit Baltimore President and CEO Al Hutchinson said at the tourism agency’s annual meeting Tuesday at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel. In 2016, the city ...

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Last winter, the U.S. tourism industry fretted that Trump administration policies might lead to a “Trump slump” in travel. But those fears may have been premature. International arrivals and travel-related spending are up in 2017 compared with the same period ...

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Marylanders aren’t using all of their vacation time, and tourism and business officials are taking notice. According to a study released last week by Project: Time Off, of the U.S. Travel Association, 58 percent of Marylanders leave some of their ...

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  Third in an occasional series on rural Maryland Editor’s Note July 19, 2017: An earlier version of this story used an incorrect name for a manufacturing plant that once operated in Allegany County. The plant was run by the Celanese ...

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Wini Roche, executive director of the Maryland Tourism Coalition, discusses where tourists to the state come from and what brings them here.

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Operating in a regulatory gray area, Airbnb grew its business in Maryland last year despite relatively few bookings in one of the state’s major vacation destinations. About 151,000 stays in Maryland were booked through the online room rental service in ...

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