BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 28, 2025
After luxury campgrounds gained a foothold in Maine during the early part of the coronavirus pandemic, new proposals for “glampgrounds” — where guests can stay for hundreds of dollars a night — have run into growing headwinds in the state in recent years. But given the high demand for lodging to accommodate tourists along the coast, those developments may be here to stay or even expand in the coming years. While Maine has long relied on tourism as a major driver of its economy, the pushback against new glampgrounds has highlighted the state’s uneasy relationship with the industry and other types of development.