Visit Big Bend Director Robert Alvarez called this year’s spring break season in Brewster County “better than ever, nonstop.” He said although spring break was always a busy time, because of the pandemic situation loosening up and so many people receiving the COVID vaccination, visitors felt more comfortable traveling and wanted to get away from urban areas to the great outdoors. Big Bend National Park Interpretation and Visitor Services Chief Tom VandenBerg said the park was very busy, and he felt that records were being broken. During most days, the park had around 1,000 vehicles enter each day. “All in all, it’s a spring break that will go down in the history books,” said VandenBerg. City of Alpine Tourism Director Chris Ruggia felt business in Alpine might have been “a tiny bit less busy than usual,” but quite good overall. “In some cases I’ve heard people were not spending a lot of time indoors in businesses in favor of outdoor activities, but for the Holland and Maverick, as two data points, the season started earlier than they expected, and they were mostly full,” said Ruggia.
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