So far this spring we’ve been seeing a lot of articles like this one, from Forbes, and this one, from the AP, predicting that high gas prices and the generally rough state of the economy are going to be a strain on Ocean City tourism this summer. It does make sense as a theory — going on vacation is more expensive now than it was last year, or the year before that. And more families are trying to tighten their budgets — just look at the numbers of people who said that they were going to spend their economic stimulus checks on bills or long-term saving.

However, here at oceancity.com we haven’t really been seeing this panning out. It seems like lots of people are reserving hotel rooms, and festivals like Springfest and Cruisin’ are doing really well — Cruisin’ registration just sold out this weekend. Whether the visitors we’ve seen so far are coming from DC and Baltimore rather than PA or Ohio, or whether they’ll start to trickle off as the summer heats up and the air conditioners have to be turned on, is yet to be seen. But so far it seems like, despite the early alarms

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