Fishkind Conversations: Florida Tourism Numbers A Mixed Bag

By Nicole Darden Creston

Published September 13, 2016 at 3:51 AM EDT

90.7's economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind, President of Fishkind and Associates

The latest report from state tourism agency Visit Florida shows 27.3 million visitors to the Sunshine State in the second quarter of this year between April and June. That’s a three percent jump from the same time last year. Sounds like one for the “win” column, but economic analyst Hank Fishkind tells 90.7's Nicole Creston it’s a bit more complicated than that.

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Nicole Darden Creston

Nicole came to Central Florida to attend Rollins College and started working for Orlando’s ABC News Radio affiliate shortly after graduation. She joined WMFE in 2010. As a field reporter, news anchor and radio show host in the City Beautiful, she has covered everything from local arts to national elections, from extraordinary hurricanes to historic space flights, from the people and procedures of Florida’s justice system to the changing face of the state’s economy.

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