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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 398" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2018/09/07/florida-welcomes-travelers-one-year-after-hurricane-irma/1220408002/" target="_blank">One year after Hurricane Irma, Florida&#039;s travel industry recovers - USA Today</a>Hurricane Irma, which hit the mainland USA on Sept. 10 last year, cost Florida $1.5 billion in visitor spending and 1.8 million visitors.But hotel and tourism officials say the state is rebounding.According to <a href="https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us.html?cid=PS_M8_GPS_1047190558_247551064210_52160411275&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwoMPcBRAWEiwAiAqZh9-Td6UGaCUHx-tzz8veF1iMsZKnPijNFvhRqQNuL6AxXx09lEL7nxoC0dQQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">VISIT FLORIDA</a>, the state’s tourism bureau, an estimated 34.9 million out-of-state visitors arrived in the state in the final four months of 2017.In June, Governor Rick Scott announced that Florida welcomed a record 33.2 million visitors in the first quarter of 2018. That is a 7.4 percent increase over the same period in 2017.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 398, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2018/09/07/florida-welcomes-travelers-one-year-after-hurricane-irma/1220408002/'][B]One year after Hurricane Irma, Florida's travel industry recovers - USA Today[/B][/URL] Hurricane Irma, which hit the mainland USA on Sept. 10 last year, cost Florida $1.5 billion in visitor spending and 1.8 million visitors. But hotel and tourism officials say the state is rebounding. According to [URL='https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us.html?cid=PS_M8_GPS_1047190558_247551064210_52160411275&gclid=CjwKCAjwoMPcBRAWEiwAiAqZh9-Td6UGaCUHx-tzz8veF1iMsZKnPijNFvhRqQNuL6AxXx09lEL7nxoC0dQQAvD_BwE']VISIT FLORIDA[/URL], the state’s tourism bureau, an estimated 34.9 million out-of-state visitors arrived in the state in the final four months of 2017. In June, Governor Rick Scott announced that Florida welcomed a record 33.2 million visitors in the first quarter of 2018. That is a 7.4 percent increase over the same period in 2017. [/QUOTE]

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