florida tourism

Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wants to make sure the state’s COVID-19 vaccine supply is being directed to Florida residents.

Florida’s tourism industry is showing signs of recovery. But it’s not expected to reach pre-pandemic levels for another year.

As lawmakers prepare to grapple with the budget during the 2021 legislative session, Senate President Wilton Simpson has raised the possibility of increasing college and university tuition to help hold the line on other programs.

The state Department of Economic Opportunity on Friday posted a 6.4 percent jobless rate for November, equal to a revised jobless mark for October. The unemployment rate in November 2019, before the pandemic hammered the economy, was 2.8 percent.

The study from Destinations Florida shows a slow but steady recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

By 2022, they estimate visitors will be returning to Florida in numbers close to what the state saw before the coronavirus pandemic.

But it's an improvement in the 60.5% drop the state experienced from July to September as it tries to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus pandemic continues to rip across the U.S. killing many and infecting hundreds of thousands of people each week. It's also upending part-time residencies between Florida and Canada.

The coronavirus pandemic has brought Florida’s tourism industry almost to a halt. But the agency in charge of marketing the state is making a pitch to visitors near and far.

It's an effort to lure tourists back to the state.

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the market share of overseas travelers to Florida was decreasing. Visit Florida's Staci Mellman says the drop started in 2015.

Some areas in the Florida Panhandle are struggling to attract visitors as they continue to recover from Hurricane Michael.