Discovered in 1513, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon, Florida, has rapidly from year to be a favorite worlds pulling in about 60 million visitors to the state of each. The warm climate, friendly people and the huge variety of activities contribute to their number one vacation status.
Before the tourists flocked to Florida was mostly an agricultural state, and the second largest industry continues today. And abreeding cattle booming industry Florida produces the majority of citrus in the United States. In fact, Florida is well known, even now, not only for its theme parks, but also for its large quantity of oranges, orange juice beverage with the State Journal. And citrus, the state is also good for the production of sugar cane, today its third biggest industry known. These days it is surprising that most, before the arrival of tourism, Florida was mostly fields and cattle Marshes.
The warm climate, beaches and various activities such as fishing and water sports sand began to bring visitors closer and lay the groundwork for what the source, States largest industry and economics major. In the early days of growth (first half of 1800) was only the rich and famous who could afford a vacation in Florida. That was until American tycoon Henry S. Flagler visited this country in 1878 and recognized the great potential> Florida could take to attract visitors from outside the state. He built the Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine in 1885 and then began to build what is now known as the York Florida East Coast Railway, on a trip to Florida much easier and convenient for people as far away as New. Flagler was more to build hotels and then to improve housing conditions and thus more visitors. increases in early 1900, visitors to the Sunshine Statesignificantly by the growth in hotels and railroads, and then opened in 1930, airlines and travel plans for the Florida airports were built in large cities, twice as an increase of tourists.
People came to soak up the sun and keeping the relaxed Florida induce the growth of seaside resorts up and down the coast. Until now, many of Florida 's residents in long said that tourism had a basic bread and butter for themand have begun to earn what they were experiencing it. Although the seaside resorts of all visitors sunbathers human prosperity has begun to move toward the inside of the road attractions. However, it was 1963/64, when a man took a trip by plane, provided that the rise of Florida tourism as we know it today really began.
In 1963, Walt Disney was looking for a place to build his dream of a bigger and better version of his Disneyland attractionCalifornia. Disneyland does not realize the dream of Walt, as he will only buy enough land for the park was surrounded by real fast urban life, such as Los Angeles grew up around him so this time he knew that he needed to build the country and much of it . At that time, in central Florida swamp was developed in abundance and when Mr. Disney took the lead flight knew that such a place.
Today, Walt Disney World is still the largest amusement park in the world and its viewThe development was followed by a succession of theme parks as world class as Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens. And 'this appeal that Florida is best known for, and between them collect hundreds of thousands of visitors every day and has been the growth of these sites, the finish of the shot once a sleepy southern state of Florida in the position of world number of a tourist. However, there is awide range of activities offered, including tourists from Florida today (but certainly not limited to) fishing, golf, water sports, space shuttle launches, nature, shopping, restaurants and beaches of world class.
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