tourism /tags/tourism tourism en-US WLRN Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:06:00 GMT Sound at sea, sargassum buries beaches and threatens tourism /environment/2024-04-16/sargassum-south-florida-beaches Millions of tons of yellow-brown algae that have been swirling about in a region of the tropical Atlantic known as the Sargasso Sea are now breaking loose and landing on Florida shores Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:06:00 GMT /environment/2024-04-16/sargassum-south-florida-beaches Tom Bayles Pandemic slashes returns on Florida's tourism marketing campaign, report says /business/2024-04-03/pandemic-slashes-returns-on-floridas-tourism-marketing-campaign-report-says Visit Florida saw its return on investment fall to 58 cents for every $1 spent on marketing as during the pandemic. Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:02:00 GMT /business/2024-04-03/pandemic-slashes-returns-on-floridas-tourism-marketing-campaign-report-says Jim Turner Credit Card Competition Act could have negative impact on Florida tourism /business/2024-03-07/credit-card-competition-act-could-have-negative-impact-on-florida-tourism A bill being debated in Congress could have major impacts to Central Florida’s economy, especially tourism. Spring break is a major part of the travel season for Florida. Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:30:00 GMT /business/2024-03-07/credit-card-competition-act-could-have-negative-impact-on-florida-tourism Talia Blake Slayings of tourists and Colombian women expose the dark side of Medellin's tourism boom /americas/2024-02-28/tourists-and-colombian-women-killed-medellin-tourism About 1.4 million people visited Medellin last year, many of them American. Now the surge in tourism has presented officials with a new set of dark challenges, including an uptick in sex trafficking and the killing of tourists and Colombian women after rendezvous on dating apps. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:50:57 GMT /americas/2024-02-28/tourists-and-colombian-women-killed-medellin-tourism Astrid Súarez | Associated Press 'Fiscal arrogance' found in new audit of company working for Florida Keys tourism agency /government-politics/2024-02-09/audit-florida-keys-tourist-development-council-newman-pr A second audit of the Tourist Development Council reinforced allegations that a contractor used a fake company to request reimbursements for services and submitted misleading financial receipts. Sat, 10 Feb 2024 02:23:05 GMT /government-politics/2024-02-09/audit-florida-keys-tourist-development-council-newman-pr Julia Cooper Jamaica and the Bahamas are pushing back against U.S. travel warnings /americas/2024-02-09/jamaica-and-the-bahamas-are-pushing-back-against-u-s-travel-warnings The State Department is discouraging tourists from traveling to the Caribbean islands. But government officials from both nations hope that won't keep tourists from coming. Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:01:11 GMT /americas/2024-02-09/jamaica-and-the-bahamas-are-pushing-back-against-u-s-travel-warnings Vanessa Romo Broward County's $800,000 Rose Parade float hailed as 'powerful, timely and inclusive' /government-politics/2024-01-02/broward-inclusive-float-tournament-of-roses-parade-pasadena The county spent close to a million dollars to advertise themselves as welcoming and inclusive at the annual parade. Civil rights organization Equality Florida, which had issued an advisory against travel to the state in August, praised the move. Tue, 02 Jan 2024 22:24:13 GMT /government-politics/2024-01-02/broward-inclusive-float-tournament-of-roses-parade-pasadena Gerard Albert Monroe County grapples with scathing audit of Keys Tourist Council /government-politics/2023-11-22/florida-keys-monroe-county-audit-tourist-council As Florida’s peak tourism season kicks off, the Florida Keys is grappling with how to address a scathing audit of its county tourism agency. It included allegations of 'repeated noncompliance,' 'potential self-dealing' and 'serious ethical concerns.' Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2023-11-22/florida-keys-monroe-county-audit-tourist-council Julia Cooper Broward commissioners reject proposal to use tourism dollars for affordable housing /housing/2023-10-10/broward-commissioners-reject-proposal-to-use-tourism-dollars-for-affordable-housing The proposal would have pushed state lawmakers to allow the county to use millions of tourism tax dollars for affordable housing. Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:42:35 GMT /housing/2023-10-10/broward-commissioners-reject-proposal-to-use-tourism-dollars-for-affordable-housing Gerard Albert Florida is seeing fewer tourists as states rebound from the pandemic /business/2023-08-17/florida-tourists-covid-pandemic Visit Florida's president and CEO said it's partly due to increased competition from other states and countries that shut down longer than Florida during the pandemic. Thu, 17 Aug 2023 15:08:14 GMT /business/2023-08-17/florida-tourists-covid-pandemic Jim Turner | News Service of Florida