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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.
In 2024, Europe’s tourism numbers reached new heights, with foreign arrivals surpassing 2019 figures, with a year-on-year increase of 12% since 2023. Portugal, which also has struggled with ...
Editor’s note: The timeline of tourism numbers was incorrect in an earlier version of this story. The comparison numbers were from 2019, which was before the pandemic. (Updated: 10:24 a.m. 7/9/2024)
Visit Florida has 136 full and part-time positions in Florida and an international team of contracted staff covering Canada, China, India, Germany, Latin America, and the United Kingdom. Visit Florida's corporate office is located at 2540 W. Executive Center Circle, Suite 200, Tallahassee, Florida 32301.
The travel and tourism industries in the United States were among the first economic sectors negatively affected by the September 11 attacks. In the U.S., tourism is among the three largest employers in 29 states, employing 7.3 million in 2004, to take care of 1.19 billion trips tourists took in the U.S. in 2005.
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.
The value of Florida's imports equals 3.2% of United States' overall imported products for 2017. Florida's top countries for imports are China, Mexico, Canada, Germany, and France. [13] The Miami Metropolitan Area has the highest GDP of all the metro areas in Florida with $344.9 billion in 2017. [14] This is more than twice the number of the ...