PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—Another international business has chosen to make Florida their business hub and plans to move its headquarters from New York to Miami giving the state more tax revenue as well as boosting tourism travel to the state. Israel’s national carrier El Al Airlines announced on June 12 that it plans to make the…
Florida Boosts Its Economy With 57,000 More Jobs in April: DeSantis
Florida added another 57,000 jobs to its workforce in April, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 20. And DeSantis said the April Florida Jobs Report showed that the state had added 30,000 people to its labor force. “The nation as a whole lost 363,000 people from the workforce.” “Our unemployment rate has been lower…
Florida Monkeys Thriving in the Wild for Seven Decades
Fort Lauderdale, Florida–For more than 70 years, a group of wild monkeys has been thriving in a thick mangrove forest near one of the busiest airports in the state of Florida. In the late 1940s, about a dozen vervet monkeys made a “jailbreak” from their cages at a local chimp farm and escaped into the…
Florida Sets Tourism Record for 2021
PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida is open for business, welcoming nearly 118 million domestic visitors in 2021, and surpassing pre-pandemic visitation levels for two quarters in a row. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R.) was all smiles on Feb. 15 as he announced that the number of visitors to the Sunshine State between October and December 2021 was…
Resort’s Plan B Gives Florida Families Rare Snow-Day ‘Wintertainment’
KISSIMMEE, Florida—Around Christmas each year, families from cold climates flock to the theme park capital of the globe, home to Walt Disney World, Universal, SeaWorld and many other attractions. While they’re escaping snow, Florida families with young children often pack up and drive 12 hours or more, hoping to catch a glimpse of the white…
Tourists Flocking to Florida in Greater Numbers Than Before Pandemic
Just-released numbers show that 32.5 million travelers poured into Florida in July, August and September, exceeding the number of visitors during the same period in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the second consecutive quarter of growth in domestic visitors, with 31.2 million Americans flocking to the Sunshine State in the third quarter of…
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