Awards & Recognition

Top photo, left to right: Julie Widdowson, Director of Somerset County Tourism; Dave Wilson, Delmarva Birding Weekends; Liz Fitzsimmons, Director of the Maryland Division of Tourism, Film and the Arts; Lisa Challenger, Director of Beach and Beyond/Worcester County Tourism; Mike Gill, Maryland Secretary of Commerce; Rick Howarth, President of Six Flags America and Chair of the Maryland Tourism Development Board; Jim Rapp, Delmarva Birding Weekends; Duke Marshall, Owner of Drum Point Market and Chair of the Somerset County Tourism Commission. Brown Pelican photo courtesy of Nienke DC. Sunset birding photo courtesy of John Whaley.

Worcester County Tourism​, along with Delmarva Birding Weekends and Somerset County Tourism​, was presented with the Transactional Opportunities Award from Maryland​ Tourism during the Maryland Tour & Travel Summit held in November 2018.

The award was presented for successfully creating tourism products and programming to bring in revenue. The award recognized our summer 2018 Smith Island Pelican Tours and Maryland coastal bays Sunset Seabird Safaris. Read more here.


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