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Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida near Orlando PortMiami is the world's largest cruise ship port. Visitors at the beach in Naples, Florida. Tourism makes up one of the largest sectors of Florida's economy, with nearly 1.4 million people employed in the tourism industry in 2016 (a record for the state, surpassing the 1.2 million employment from 2015).
(The Center Square) — A report released this week by VISIT FLORIDA, the state's tourism agency, says out-of-state visitors spent a record $131 billion in the state last year, up 5% from 2022 ...
The 35.628 million visitors during this year’s first quarter was an all-time three-month record. Florida tourism continues to bounce back Skip to main content
The economy of the state of Florida is the fourth-largest in the United States, with a $1.695 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2024. [1] If Florida were a sovereign nation (2024), it would rank as the world's 15th-largest economy by nominal GDP according to the International Monetary Fund , ahead of Spain and behind South Korea .
Although 2024 marks an inflection point in overtourism, with a record $1.9 billion in tourism spending, the trend was long in the making, she added. Tourism will not only be harder but also cost more.
Visit Florida was created in 1996 by the Florida Legislature as a public-private-partnership. [1] Tourism is the state's largest industry and was responsible for welcoming 122 million visitors in 2021. [2] Based on an economic impact study in 2018, Florida visitors spent $112 billion and supported 1.5 million Florida jobs. [3] According to the ...
The economy of the state of Florida is the fourth-largest in the United States, with a $1.647 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2024. [241] If Florida were a sovereign nation (2024), it would rank as the world's 15th-largest economy according to the International Monetary Fund, ahead of Spain and behind South Korea.
Number of U.S. visitors that came to Miami-Dade County during first half of 2023 fell 6% from a year ago to 6.6 million, according to the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau.