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State economists are saying that travel and tourism sectors are in a depression. And they’re predicting that Central Florida’s tourism-dependent economy may not recover for two or three years.

Economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind agrees that’s a fair estimate, but not the whole story.

He tells 90.7’s Nicole Darden Creston what he sees in the immediate future, and what we can do about it.

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