105 million people travel to Sunshine State in 2015, governor says Florida welcomed 105 million visitors last year, making 2015 the fifth consecutive year where the tourism record was broken. The new record exceeded the previous high of 98.5 million in 2014 by 6.6 percent, according to Visit Florida, the state's tourism promotion arm. The total number of visitors to the Sunshine State last year exceeded the populations of most of the world's countries. It was about 3 million more people, for … [Read more...]
Record Breaking Florida Tourism 2015
Florida Tourism - The Sunshine State welcomed an estimated 79.1 million visitors during the first nine months of 2015, the most of any such period in Florida's history. The nine-month count was a 5.5 percent increase when compared with the same period in 2014. Gov. Rick Scott has set a goal of drawing more than 100 million tourists to Florida this year, and that now seems within fairly easy reach. VISIT FLORIDA estimates that 22.1 million domestic visitors traveled to Florida in the third … [Read more...]
FLORIDA TOURISM HITS RECORD HIGH FOR 2015
Florida tourism is on pace to pass the highly anticipated 100-million visitor mark for 2015, with more than 54.1 million visitors coming to the Sunshine State in the first half of 2015. New quarterly numbers released Wednesday from Visit Florida, the state’s tourism arm, show a 5.8 increase from last year and the highest amount of visitors of any six months in the state’s history. In just the second quarter of 2015 ending June 30, 25.8 million visitors came to Florida, an increase of 5.5 … [Read more...]