Tag: florida tourism
Florida TaxWatch Looks at How Pandemic Impacted Leisure and Hospitality in the Sunshine State
On Monday, Florida TaxWatch (FTW) released “Beyond the Pandemic: Long-Term Changes and Challenges for Leisure and Hospitality in Florida,” the fifth installment in the taxpayer research institute’s “COVID-19 Legacy Series.”
The report outlines the Leisure...
Florida Tourism Industry Still Recovering From COVID-19 Impact
Since the reopening of the state, the tourism industry is starting to see positive trends in employee retention, an increase in the average hotel occupancy rate, and higher percentages of revenue and profit since July. Although the trends demonstrate positive improvements, more than half of tourism partners surveyed believe the impact of the pandemic response will continue until sometime between the third quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.
New Study Shows How Coronavirus Crisis has Devastated Florida’s Tourism Industry
On Friday, Destinations Florida, which defines itself as the “unifying voice representing Florida’s destination marketing organizations and strives to increase the effectiveness of local tourism promotion organizations’ efforts,” released some of its findings from a study looking at how coronavirus has hit the Sunshine State.
Florida Delegation Meets to Hear From Tourism Officials on Red Tide, State’s Continued Growth
On Thursday, the Florida delegation held a meeting to focus on tourism which remains the biggest industry in the Sunshine State.
The two chairmen of the delegation--Democrat U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings and Republican U.S. Rep....
