BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 14, 2024
Aroostook County saw a spike in visitors in Maine on a percentage basis last year as more people returned north to visit family and friends after the pandemic. Aroostook had a 17.5-percent jump in tourism between Dec. 2022 and Nov. 2023, with 332,400 total people having visited during that time, according to the Maine Office of Tourism’s regional 2024 data released Tuesday. That’s the highest percentage increase among the eight regions for which the Maine Office of Tourism splits its tourism data.