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  1. Stumpjumper71 on

    “Visit Lauderdale, the county’s tourism development agency, said the declines “reflect the weakening economy and pressures on discretionary income spreading to the full spectrum of consumers.” Amazing that they still don’t get it, it’s the 51st state crap coming out of their fool mouths. We’ve been fortunate to take the kids to Florida frequently since they were young, no more, our next trip coming up in April is to Spain. We’ll never set foot down there again.

  2. Look, I suppose it’s entirely possible domestic tourists are making up the difference in terms of Florida’s numbers. It would kind of make sense given the decline in the value of the USD leading to European and South American vacations suddenly becoming much more expense for our Yankee neighbors, but don’t ask me to put faith in figures released by Ron Desantis’ government.