HVS Central Florida Newsletter - Fall 2011 A Review of Visitation and Hotel Market Trends
The Metro Orlando area has consistently maintained its status among the most visited cities in the world, with annual visitation routinely registering in the mid‐ to high‐40 million range over the last several years (2004‐2009), and surpassing a record 50 million visitors in 2010. From 1999 to 2010, annual visitation consistently registered in the 40 million range, except in 2010 when total visitation set a new record at 51,455,000 visitors.
The Metro Orlando area has consistently maintained its status among the most visited cities in the world, with annual visitation routinely registering in the mid‐ to high‐40 million range over the last several years (2004‐2009), and surpassing a record 50 million visitors in 2010. From 1999 to 2010, annual visitation consistently registered in the 40 million range, except in 2010 when total visitation set a new record at 51,455,000 visitors. The forecast for 2011, which is produced by tourism Economics and published by Visit Orlando, predicts that the number of visitors to Orlando will surpass the record set in 2010 with 53,370,000 total visitors. This represents a 3.7% increase over 2010 levels.
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