Florida Sees Document Visitor Numbers

Vacationers are flocking to Florida in record breaking numbers based on current figures released by Visit Florida. They revealed that the second quarter of 2014 noticed an estimated 24 million vacationers arrive within the Sunshine State.

2014’s second quarter complete surpassed the previous report of 23.3 million set one 12 months previously. While the vast majority of guests were from throughout the US, an estimated 2.8 million arrived from abroad in the course of the file breaking interval of this year.

The visitor numbers are anticipated to have been helped by an unusually cold winter in North America and a Google initiative whereby users may just about tour a whole bunch of miles of Florida’s beaches.

The Google initiative required 4 males to walk 740 miles of beaches with handheld cameras and has reportedly been utilized by tens of millions of online users.

The usually ignored Emerald Coast within the north west of the state is especially eager to attract more UK visitors and has declared its intentions to attract more in coming years.

Guests to Florida are additionally keen to splash the money greater than in previous years in keeping with Go to Florida. The company reported that spending rose to $35.7 billion - an increase of 7.4%.

"This year we invested $seventy four million into Visit Florida, and set a aim to have one hundred million guests within the Sunshine State, which we are properly on our way to reaching," stated Governor Rick Scott.

"Together we are creating an opportunity economy, and persevering with to grow extra jobs for Floridians with greater than 1.1 million people employed in the rising tourism industry."

Estimates for overseas guests also projected record figures with Visit Florida estimating that around 2.8 million international visitors and over one million Canadians got here to Florida in 2Q.

There were virtually 95 million guests to Florida in 2013 and Gov. Scott hopes to surpass the 100 million mark this year.

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