Florida posts another first quarter tourism record
Governor Rick Scott says Florida is on course to pass the magical 100 million visitor mark this year after announcing record first quarter arrivals.
An estimated 28.4 million people came to Florida in the January-through-March period, up 6.2% on last year’s previous best.
"We are excited to start 2015 off with our biggest quarter ever, which puts us on pace to exceed our goal of 100 million visitors to Florida this year," Scott said.
Scott also revealed a rise of nearly 5% in the number of direct travel-related jobs in the state to 1,186,900.
The biggest rise of all was the number of non Canadian foreign visitors to the state, which leapt more than 7% to 2.9 million.
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