Florida sees record tourism in 1st quarter

A record number of tourists visited the Sunshine State during the first three months of the year.

According to Visit Florida, the first quarter of this year brought the highest number of visitors of any quarter in the state’s history.

Between January and March, 28.4 million visitors came to the state, an increase of 6.2 percent over the same period in 2014. 

The previous high for a quarter for tourism was 26.7 million visitors in quarter one last year. 

VISIT FLORIDA estimates that 2.9 million overseas visitors and 1.7 million Canadians came to Florida in quarter one of 2015, both of which are record highs.

Estimates also show that 23.8 million domestic visitors traveled to Florida in the first quarter, reflecting a 6 and a half percent increase over the same period last year. 

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