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By: Jack Roth Port Canaveral has grown from the home of a handful of charter fishing vessels and some U.S. Navy ships to the world’s second busiest port and a driving force for regional tourism. Located just 45 miles east…
By: Ryan Randall In recent years, a focus has been placed on ecotourism, tourism directed towards natural environments. The state of Florida has been involved in ecotourism through the utilization of trails, such as the St. Johns River-to-Sea Loop, a 260-mile…
By: Steven Hicks The Space Coast Office of Tourism is in the midst of a highly successful social marketing campaign. SpaceCoast Business wrote about the campaign last year as it began, so we thought it was time to check in…
A Look at the Region’s Largest Economic Engine “This is your captain speaking. We’re currently cruising at 36,000 feet over the theme park capitol of the world.” “Now, if you look out either side of the aircraft, you’ll see that…
So Near And Yet So Far The recent thawing of relations between the U.S. and Cuban governments and President Barack Obama’s ground-breaking visit to Havana in March this year have led to speculation that throngs of American tourists will soon…
ITEC Delivers: Theme Park Development, Expertise, Adventures Here and Around the World By Lisa A. Junkerman Last year, Florida became the first state to welcome more than 100 million out-of- state and international tourists. And while Central Florida is often…
Facebook Program Takes Center Stage In many ways, it’s a whole new world for Florida’s Space Coast Office of Tourism. Tasked with a mission of driving tourism revenue for Brevard County, the team at Visit Space Coast has historically focused on…
Exporting Smiles/Importing Dollars Orlando tourism numbers are up again. No surprise! More than 66 million visitors in 2015 with a $60 billion plus economic impact. More than 400,000 jobs, about 37 percent of all jobs in the region, sustained by…
Visitors Flock to Our Annual Birding and Wildlife Festival by Neta Harris The Shuttle program put Brevard County on the map 50 years ago as we welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors with each launch. While Kennedy Space Center was…
How important is it to Brevard County? by Melissa Stains Last year, 2.5 million overnight and an additional 2.6 million daytime tourists visited the Space Coast, impacting the Brevard County economy to the tune of $2.8 billion. The total number…