Florida breaks visitor number records for fifth straight year

ACCORDING to preliminary estimates released by Visit #Florida, the state welcomed 105 million visitors in 2015 … the fifth consecutive record year, exceeding the previous high of 98.5 million in 2014 by 6.6 percent. 

Visit Florida estimates show that 1.6 million UK visitors travelled to the Sunshine State last year, an increase of five percent on the 2014 total.

Passenger numbers at 18 Florida airports during increased 8.2 percent over the previous year.

State governor Rick Scott said: ‘The number of travel-related jobs also reached a record high, with 1.2 million Floridians employed in the tourism industry. Tourism plays an important role in supporting our economy, and we will continue to make strategic investments in the tourism industry to keep Florida on track to becoming first for jobs. 

‘With five consecutive record years for tourism, it is time to set our goal even higher, and I look forward to welcoming 115 million visitors to the Sunshine State this year.’

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