About Us

Located perfectly between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay, Wicomico County, Maryland offers you the chance to experience Delmarva outdoor adventures, Wicomico County history and Eastern Shore culture – all while enjoying great events, delicious food and a variety of accommodations to suit your needs.

Wicomico County, Maryland, with a population just under 100,000 offers a perfect blend of major metropolitan and small town charm. As the Eastern Shore of Maryland's largest municipality, Salisbury, Maryland is the region’s hub for entertainment and shopping. It’s neighboring towns and communities offer a great way to explore Maryland’s Eastern Shore history and culture.

Just how do you pronounce our county name, Wicomico? It is pronounced why-CAH-mick-oh. Wicomico is located in the Southeastern part of the state of Maryland. It was named for the Wicomico River, which was derived from the Native American words wicko mekee, meaning “A place where houses are built.”

We invite you to discover all of our hidden treasures within our biggest city or our smallest town.

• Discover Our Towns
• Tourism Board Members
• Tourism Chairman Letter
• County Executive Letter
• View Annual Report

Visitor Center Information

The welcome center is open 7 days a week. During the Summer, from Memorial Day until Labor Day, the center is open from 8 am-5 pm. The hours for the rest of the year (Labor day until Memorial Day) are 9am-5pm. The Center is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Easter Sunday.

• Informed counselors with local and regional knowledge
• Local business and attraction information
• Discounted attraction tickets
• Vending concessions and Maryland souvenirs
• Area maps and brochures
• Outside picnic areas
• Deck overlooking pond
• Playground area for the kids
• Pet friendly
• Clean rest rooms

Wicomico County Tourism, also known as the Wicomico County Convention & Visitors Bureau, is completely funded by the County’s hotel room tax. There are no County tax dollars appropriated to the Tourism Office. Every rental of a Wicomico County, Maryland hotel room generates a 6% room tax for each night of stay. Tourism receives 4% of that tax.

Wicomico County Tourism’s success is measured by the number of hotel room nights that are booked as a result of our efforts to attract visitors to Wicomico County. These room nights represent business conventions, trade shows, sporting events, special events and conferences. Participants of these events funnel revenue into the community and increase the tax revenue to the county by not only staying in our hotels, but also eating in our restaurants, shopping in our stores or enjoying some of our many attractions. The economic impact for these events is calculated by factoring $397 in impact for each hotel room rented in the County. This is based on a double room occupancy, three meals, gasoline, and shopping.

The most important goal of Wicomico County Tourism is to bring events to the County that will help the local business owners and the hotels. Wicomico County Tourism is an engine, constantly working to generate new revenue for the Wicomico County.