• Central Florida’s tourism-based economy is still reeling from the impacts of the pandemic, but Visit Orlando’s new CEO is optimistic about the future.
Casandra Matej, who stepped into the role in February, joins Intersection to discuss where Orlando’s tourism economy is headed in 2021.
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• Hollywood Studios is booked through March.
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• Comptroller Phil Diamond says the $7,678,00 dollars collected in January represent the least they’ve collected that month since 2002.
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• Orlando’s tourism industry supports 41 percent of the local workforce and generates 75.2 billion dollars in economic impact a year.
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CC BY 4.0" /> • Brightline says it plans to build a train station at Disney Springs. The proposed station would give passengers access to Walt Disney World’s four theme parks.
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• Visit Florida is launching an advertising campaign aimed at encouraging in-state travel to try to help Florida’s tourism industry recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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• During a roundtable meeting with members of the aviation industry at Fort Lauderdale International Airport Friday, Gov. DeSantis stressed that air travel is vitally important to Florida’s economy, and encouraged residents and people outside the state not to be scared to book flights.
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