The tourist industry in Florida received a major boost this week with the news that Florida Governor, Charlie Crist, vetoed a $9.9million cut to the state’s tourism agency, Visit Florida.
“Tourism is the largest industry in Florida and it has a huge economic impact,” said John Reyes, president and CEO of Visit Jacksonville. “During these tough economic times, why would you want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?”
Crist released his veto list for the fiscal year 2008-2009 Tuesday. He restored $90.9million in projects and programs throughout the state, leaving a cut of $2.5billion in total from the special session.
The $10million cut to Visit Florida that legislators approved previously concerned many tourism officials because its marketing and advertising projects would be reduced in the public and private sector. The five welcoming centers across the state run by the agency were also at risk of being closed.
Thankfully that will no longer be the case and Visit Florida can keep getting the message out there that the Sunshine State is the place to come on vacation.
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