{"id":2246239,"date":"2024-05-16T16:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-celebrates-record-breaking-year-as-tourists-flock-to-florida\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T17:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T21:02:04","slug":"desantis-celebrates-record-breaking-year-as-tourists-flock-to-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-celebrates-record-breaking-year-as-tourists-flock-to-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis joyous over Florida&#8217;s record tourism year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-celebrates-record-breaking-year-as-tourists-flock-to-florida%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida set a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wes-moore-invokes-desantiss-disney-feud-to-deflect-criticism-of-baltimore\/\" title=\"Wes Moore uses DeSantis's Disney dispute to divert Baltimore criticism.\">tourism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">record<\/a><\/a>, welcoming over 140 million visitors last\u2062 year. The Sunshine State saw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-is-media-hiding-that-illinois-has-more-covid-cases-than-florida\/\" title=\"Why Is Media Hiding That Illinois Has More COVID Cases Than Florida?\">highest number<\/a> of tourists in\u200b a year, with 129.1 million from the U.S., 8.3 million from overseas, and 3.2 million from Canada. \u200dFor more \u200cinformation, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Your summary about Florida setting a new tourism record with over 140 million visitors last year is concise and informative. It highlights the significant number \u200cof tourists from different\u2064 regions and provides\u200d a link for more details. Great job!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida<\/a> welcomed over 140 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>tourists<\/a> to the Sunshine State last year, setting a new record for the largest number of visitors it has received in a year.<\/p>\n<p>Of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2024\/05\/16\/governor-ron-desantis-announces-record-breaking-tourism-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> 140.6 million<\/a>, 129.1 million were domestic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>travelers<\/a>. Meanwhile, 8.3 million travelers visited from overseas, and 3.2 million tourists were visiting from Canada, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2024\/05\/16\/governor-ron-desantis-announces-record-breaking-tourism-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statistics\">statistics<\/a> from Visit Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, Florida leads the nation as an unrivaled destination for tourists,\u201d Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said. \u201cThese record-breaking numbers show that our work has made the free state of Florida even more attractive to visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Florida is continuing to ride the wave this year, as 40.6 million tourists have chosen Florida for their vacations. That is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/record-number-of-new-yorkers-switch-drivers-licenses-to-florida\/\" title=\"Record Number of New Yorkers Switch Driver's Licenses to Florida\">highest recorded number<\/a> of tourists in a single quarter.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As many chose Florida to escape the winter weather, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/miami\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Miami<\/a> Beach Mayor Steven Meiner said the city experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2925705\/miami-beach-mayor-touts-calmest-spring-break-in-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the calmest spring break season in years<\/a>, attributing it to precautions taken to combat rowdy tourists.<\/p>\n<p>In early March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2903301\/desantis-warns-spring-breakers-commit-crimes-held-accountable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>DeSantis cautioned vacationers<\/a> that they would be held accountable if they created havoc while visiting the state and formed a coalition of law enforcement, which helped keep the peace in places like Miami and Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida broke its tourism record with 140 million visitors in the past year. Of these, 129.1 million were domestic tourists, 8.3 million came from overseas, and 3.2 million were from Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2246240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24033553561445-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24033553561445-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}