The New Shoreham Tourism Council wants to continue the conversation on sustainable tourism that was the subject of its annual meeting last month, and it appears they have the means to do so. All they need now is cooperation.The board has been very conservative in its budgeting for this and the last fiscal year, due to Covid. But the tourists keep coming in greater and greater numbers – at least as evidenced by increases in the Tourism Council’s share of hotel taxes received for July and August. Theywere “remarkably high,” said Tourism Director Jess Willi at their meeting on Oct. 26.There could be many variables at play, including occupancy rates, increased room prices, and an increase in the total number of rooms, butwhen when Willi crunched the numbers, using 600 hotel rooms at an average price of $350 per night, “the math works out,” she said. “The question is if that will last.”During the budget update portion of the meeting, it was apparent there was money that could be spent. Treasurer Julie Fuller asked if they should go back to spending more money on advertising or “Do we want to do something different?” As to whether this was
