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Canadian Travel – Orlando Made for Canadians

orlandovacationhome — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:10:24 +0000

The Orlando CVB recently announced a new international tourism promotion entitled “Made for Canadians”.

The Orlando travel and tourism promotion symbolizes the growing recognition that Canada may be Orlando and Florida’s best opportunity at nurturing a large international inbound tourist market. Canada enjoys a huge treasure of natural resources that boosts the national economy. The other star performer having a healthy national economy and with growing visitation to Florida is Brazil.

We blogged about this several months ago, and the fact that many Floridians are not aware of how big Canadian tourism is for Florida. Canadian tourism adds about $2 billion to the state economy according to available economic impact data.

Canadian travel has always been a huge impact on the Orlando vacation rentals market. Since many Canadians typically have a longer length of stay in Orlando, the vacation home product lends itself to this lifestyle. Canadians love the residential style amenities that come with vacation rentals. Vacation home amenities allow visitors to stay longer and in greater comfort. For this and other reasons, Canadian travel and tourism to Florida for vacation rental stays will continue to grow and prosper.

In terms of the Made for Canadians discounts at Orlando area businesses through April, 2010, please click here. Most merchants will require a passport or driver’s license to redeem the applicable benefits. Our favorite Made for Canadian promotional benefits and discounts in Orlando include:

Discounts for admission to the Arnold Palmer Invitational professional golf tournament in March, 2010
Discounts on SeaWorld and Aquatica admission
Promotional pricing for Gatorland Park
Discounts for the Orange County Regional History Center and the Orlando Science Center
Discounts for Walt Disney World and the Wet N’ Wild Water Park

Orlando Vacation Homes for Canadians

Travel to US and Florida From Canada

orlandovacationhome — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:05:49 +0000

It might be a little surpising to many Floridians that the largest market for international travel is travel to the US and Florida from Canada. According to Florida tourism statistics, the number of Canadian visitors is almost double that of British arrivals (2.5 million vs. 1.5 million) which is the second largest bloc of international travelers for Florida tourism. In fact, about 2 million of the 2.5 million Canadian guests were from the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

Why is that fact so surprising for travel to the US from Canada? Canadians tend to blend in a little more because of the perceived small differences in language. One can be at the retail store in line or some other public place and not know the person beside you or in front of you is Canadian. This is certainly not true for the British visiting the United States. Second, there is very little travel reciprocated from Florida to Canada. Ten times the number of Canadians visit Florida as vice versa. Canadian travel in general doesn’t receive the buzz that it deserves.

One additional reason the Canadian travel market is so potent for Florida is the fact that Canadians tend to hang around and enjoy the region more than most other international travelers (i.e. snowbirds). This translates into about $2 billion dollars for the state economy. As it relates to the Orlando vacation rental market, Canadians tend to be more of a “fractional” longer term guest which provides stability and lowers costs to market and rent homes for the vacation home owner.

For more economic information related to Canadian investment in Florida, please go to:

www.orlandoedc.com/edcPublic/communique/2009/images/Canada-FL%20Economic%20Study.pps

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