Financial overview and grant giving statistics of Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation Inc

Financial overview and grant giving statistics of The Original Florida Tourism Education Group Inc.

In 2023, the most visited state in the United States by international tourists was New York, attracting just over nine million visitors. Florida and California followed in the ranking, with almost eight million and slightly under 6.3 million international visitors, respectively.

This dataset is a compilation and synthesis of secondary data in South Florida (Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties) corresponding to the following topics: Human population changes near coral reefs, Economic impact of coral reef fishing to jurisdiction, Economic impact of dive/snorkel tourism to jurisdiction, Community well-being, Physical infrastructure, and Governance. Data are collected from a variety of publicly available sources to supplement primary data collected through resident surveys. These secondary data are collected to address topics outside the scope of NCRMP resident surveys, and are collected on an annual basis throughout the US coral reef jurisdictions. The primary data that were collected as part of this study in Florida are available in NCEI Accession 0161541.

Layer will help District staff and utilities identify lodging facilities and associated rooms within their retail service area boundary. It will assist in the calculation of functional tourist population for the year of interest. Functional tourist population is the estimated average annual number of tourists in the service area per day. Please note that some of these lodging facilities are self-supplied.

This table contains 45 series, with data for years 2014 - 2014 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada) State visited (15 items: Florida; New York; Washington; California; ...) Travel characteristics (3 items: Visits; Nights; Spending in country).

The Bahamas experienced an increase of around ** percent in the volume of inbound tourism in 2021, according to data published by the UNWTO. In that year, less than *** thousand overnight tourist arrivals and *** million same-day visitor arrivals were registered in the North American archipelago.

Profile of visitors to the Bahamas

Most of the people who visited the Bahamas in 2021 traveled for leisure or personal purposes. Only ** thousand tourist arrivals to this destination were motivated by business or professional reasons. International tourists primarily arrived from other American countries, mostly from the United States, which is partly explained by the proximity of this islands to the state of Florida.

Impact of tourism in the Bahamas

In 2021, there were more than **** visitors per inhabitant in the Bahamas. However, this relation was around ** to one in pre-pandemic years. Due to this great influx of visitors, the Caribbean country’s economy has become highly dependent on tourism. For instance, visitor spending accounted for approximately one-third of the Bahamas GDP, which translated into a major blow during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic when this share went down to only ** percent. In addition to this, tourism also contributes significantly to the country's employment in the service sector, which makes up nearly ** percent of the total employment.

As of April 2025, it was found that Florida and New York were the two most visited states by adults in the United States, having been visited by ** and ** percent of respondents, respectively. In contrast, only ** percent of respondents said they had visited Alaska, making it the least-visited state. What is the most visited national park in the U.S.? With approximately **** million recreational visits in 2023, the Blue Ridge Parkway was the most visited National Park Service park in the United States. The park extends *** miles through Virginia and North Carolina, connecting the Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Meanwhile, the number of recreational visitors to Yellowstone National Park in 2023 was *** million, up from the previous year’s total of **** million. How many domestic leisure trips do Americans take? The number of domestic leisure trips in the U.S. amounted to **** billion in 2022. As estimated, domestic leisure travels in the U.S. dropped to *** billion in 2020. This was due to travel restrictions related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It is forecast that the number of leisure trips will recover gradually during the following years, reaching * billion by 2026. The number of business trips, by comparison, is forecast to reach *** million that same year.

Convention and visitor bureaus enjoyed a sharp uptick in national travel, stronger travel expenditure growth among businesses and individuals and consistent interest in conference planning and booking needs. Despite initial volatility amid pandemic-era lockdowns in 2020 that heavily constrained travel, the reopening of major tourist destinations, such as Las Vegas and New York City, prompted a sharp incline in domestic travel. Continued expansion of consumer spending, coupled with higher business propensity in setting up in-person conferences resulted in a sharp 127.9% acceleration of inbound international travelers. These tourists and business conference attendees required information on public accommodations, tourist attractions and city sights, resulting in considerable demand spikes for bureaus. While elevated interest rates continue to pose a potential issue in higher travel spending, resilient consumer spending and growth in core leisure and business expenditures boosted bureau services demand. Revenue accelerated at a CAGR of 9.1% to an estimated $3.7 billion over the past five years, including an expected 1.6% boost in 2025 alone. Profit also expanded to 9.4% in 2025, buoyed by greater implementation of digital tools for bookings and travel plans. Conference and visitor bureaus were heavily impacted by the incline in technological usage across the travel space. More individuals and businesses have begun using digital tools, such as smartphones and contactless check-ins, to help book trips and source information on their travel destination, encouraging incumbent bureaus to develop more in-house digital tools that could assist with sourcing information and promoting local municipalities. Online travel sites continue to make up the bulk of competitive threats, as they enable individuals to compare fares and directly book trips online instead of using visitor bureaus. Nonetheless, bureaus remain highly popular among conference planners, strengthening the industry’s profitability even amid digital competition. Moving forward, convention and visitor bureaus are poised to benefit from continued incline in consumer spending and stable travel trends. Higher expenditures on business conferences, particularly among larger corporate clients, will provide a lucrative revenue niche for bureaus in corporate-heavy areas like New York City. Technological proliferation will continue to change how bookings and travel plans are conducted, forcing higher investment in digital technology to maintain market relevance. Finally, robust international events such as the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics will provide key regional tourism and travel accelerants. Revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.8% to an estimated $4.1 billion over the next five years.

In Florida, the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry added around 990 million chained 2017 U.S. dollars of value to the state's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023. The total value added to Florida's GDP by all industries was about 1.29 trillion U.S. dollars that year.