Sunfest is back.
Nearly 200-thousand tourists are set to descend on Ocean City for the end of summer festival this weekend.
At the Seventh Street parking lot vendors will set up tables and get ready to sell everything from funnel cakes to oyster fritters.
The 38 year old event has won industry acclaim ranked Number 1 among the nation’s 100 Best Classic & Contemporary Craft Shows by Sunshine Artist Magazine.
For Ocean City the last great event of the summer season is a big boon from the local economy.
Memo Diriker, an economist at Salisbury University, says the idea is to turn the resort from a destination-based attraction to an event-based attraction.
He told the Salisbury Daily Times that it takes advantage of people who are less likely to travel as they cope with the effects of the Great Recession.
