Tourists and visitors continue to come to Central Florida, as a record high shows for 2012. And thank goodness they do – our local economy relies very heavily on the tourist dollars!
Take a look at this graph showing visitor growth over the past several years:
Do you work in the tourism industry here in Orlando?
(Graph Source: OrlandoSentinel.com.)
I don’t work in the tourism industry but that industry does affect us all. I just wish more of the tourists would make their way to some of the great local establishments Downtown too!
Totally agree! Some of them do. Hopefully SunRail will help with some of that, huh?
I think that’s what we’re all hoping for – can’t wait ’til Sunrail is up and running!