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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…
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…
The Space Coast has Plenty to Fill the Post Shuttle Void by Donna Balancia Cooperation with partners and strategic investments are part of the plan the Space Coast Office of Tourism has launched to promote Brevard County as a top tourism destination,…
Florida’s Space Coast Tourism Day Luncheon, “I Dream of…Florida’s Space Coast”, was held on May 13 at the DoubleTree Oceanfront Hotel, Cocoa Beach. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157623962578377″]