As the spent skyrocket shells were still being collected after a packed Independence Day weekend, a county report released Tuesday indicates Cape May County’s tourism economy is no longer just a summertime proposition.
Relying on data from the occupancy taxes collected each year, the county’s Department of Tourism says more visitors are coming earlier in the spring and staying later into the fall.
The numbers don’t show the county has exactly become a year-round resort, but do make the case that it is now a destination seven months a year, rather than just three months in the summer.
June, July and August remain the main attraction, by far, but county officials say there are steady visits from April through October.