Florida celebrates fifth record year

Monday, 31 Mar, 2016 0

Florida welcomed a record 105 million visitors last year, its fifth consecutive year of growth.

Preliminary estimates show that 1.6 million UK visitors travelled to the Sunshine State in 2015, a rise of 5% over 2014. The UK is Florida’s largest foreign market, after Canada and just ahead of Brazil.

The total numbers arriving by plane rose 8.2%, leading Governor Scott to announce a new target of 115 million visitors for 2016.

For the fourth quarter of 2015, preliminary estimates show a record 25.2 million people visited Florida, the highest number ever and a 6.7% increase over the same period in 2014.~



 

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Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk



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