Mackinac Island saw big tourism rebound during the 2021 season

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Associated Press

Published October 26, 2021 at 10:26 AM EDT

MACKINAW CITY, MI (AP)— Business owners on Mackinac Island are celebrating a big rebound in tourism this year after fewer visitors went the island last year because of the pandemic.

Many visitors discovered the iconic carless-island getaway for the first time this year. Shepler’s Ferry operator Chris Shepler told the Detroit Free Press that the summer “was out of control” for the ferry service that shuttles visitors to the island in the Straits of Mackinac.

The island's overall hotel room revenue for the 2021 season is still being crunched, but through September 1^st it was on pace to smash the record year it saw in 2019, when revenue topped $74.56 million.

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