Travel to Orlando
The news keeps improving for tourism and travel – Orlando Florida in 2014. The Orlando Business Journal reports that 24 million visitors came to Florida in the 2nd quarter of 2014. This is up 3% from the same comparable period from 2013.
In similar news, several other related business and media outlets report the following positive trends for 2014 travel to Orlando Florida:
- Visit Orlando, a media promotions and research agency for Orlando travel and tourism, indicates that hotel occupancy in June 2014 was as high as it has been since the economic downturn of 2008-2009.
- Visit Orlando also reports that occupancy for Orlando hotels increased 3+% in July surpassing the surpassing the 77% occupancy benchmark at Metro Orlando’s 450+ properties
In terms of air travel Orlando Florida, the Orlando International Airport Authority indicated sunny skies for the region as well:
- International air traffic to Orlando increased a whopping 14% in July 2014 with over 400,000 travelers
- Overall July 2014 air traffic to Orlando increased 4.21%
- Domestic air traffic was up a more modest 2.88%
Travel to Orlando Aided by New Attraction Openings in 2014
Although the Walt Disney World® attendance was boosted by the opening of the Sven Dwarfs Mine Train ride, this was by no means the only exciting new area attraction in 2014.
Other new attractions that helped boost or plan to boost travel to Orlando Florida in 2014 include:
- Universal Resort® introduced its highly promoted Diagon Alley in July. This should only help to incrementally help visitor counts moving forward.
- Legoland Florida did its part by opening the new Duplo® Valley attractions in May geared to families and toddlers
- Aquatica which is owned by SeaWorld opened Ihu’s Breakaway Falls™ earlier in 2014. This has been billed as the steepest and tallest multi-drop water slide in Orlando.
All in all, the increases in visitation to Central Florida came as a result of the commitment these venues have to quality entertainment. Sustaining continued visitor growth will come as a direct result of this focus on positive guest experiences.
The same can be said for Orlando vacation rentals. We are huge proponents of the Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) and the Discover Vacation Homes awareness initiative. This a commitment to a more professional vacation home rental practices and to foster ethics within our industry.
We hope you will book an area vacation rental for your trip and travel to Orlando Florida!
