UMaine to conduct economic impact study for Bar Harbor, Cruise Industry News reports
Cruise Industry News reported Bar Harbor has earmarked $9,420 to study the economic impact of cruise ship passengers visiting the town. The survey will be conducted this summer by Todd Gabe and James McConnon, professors of economics at the University of Maine. The university will distribute around 3,000 surveys to passengers over the 2016 cruise season, with a final report estimated to be finished before Feb. 1, 2017, according to the article. Gabe and students did a similar study in 2002. The Maine Port Authority is involved with the survey and is splitting the cost with Bar Harbor, the article states.