News VISIT FLORIDA Research report highlights dramatic reduction in visitors to Florida

[Lilofan]

----Present day trajectory ---------
Orange county - "Hey, y'all need to accept these draconian restrictions to do business...it's the new normal"
Disney, Sea World, Uni - "OK, thanks for letting us open daddy"

---- 1 year in the future ----- after arrivals are still 70% below normal levels
Orange county - "OMG! tax revenue has fallen off a cliff!! We need to raise sales taxes on people that still come and property taxes for people that live here to fill the hole. We will not cut pay or employees that work for the county so it will be OK. "
Disney, Sea World, Uni - "thanks again for letting us open daddy. We are going to cut park staff and hours, might close a park or 2 but it'll be fine. Our executives are taken care of....."

----2 years into the future ------ people have moved on to other spots since Orlando is no fun anymore
Orange county - "Beatings will continue until tax revenue rises. Have a nice day"
Disney, Sea World, Uni - "It'll be fine , we love that you are telling us what to do so we can blame someone else for our revenue problems"

With record job losses, businesses closed, some may never reopen, eventually foreclosures,people aren't paying rent, residents moving away can snowball into worse things. Property taxes aren't being collected and eventually county social services will be streamlined or eliminated. However none of this will really sink in until it affects our daily lives.

 

[Jrb1979]

With record job losses, businesses closed, some may never reopen, eventually foreclosures,people aren't paying rent, residents moving away can snowball into worse things. Property taxes aren't being collected and eventually county social services will be streamlined or eliminated. However none of this will really sink in until it affects our daily lives.

Layoffs have already started in many places. Its just the beginning. The fact many here believe Disney will be back to normal soon says a lot on out of touch many are.

 

[Calmdownnow]

Its a trade off. Our economic engines are far more flexible. Your contracts are cumbersome and stagnant. You prioritize worker benefits at the cost of ec9nomic flexibility and efficiency. This is why we rebounded from the great recession faster for example. To be fair i get two weeks of vacation a year well its a little more than that.

Nope. your economic engines are not "far more flexible". Our contracts are not "cumbersome and stagnant". You are not more efficient. These are the myths that have been fed to the U.S. workforce in order to encourage them to go along with the sort of exploitative practices left behind by other developed economies.

 

[matt9112]

Nope. your economic engines are not "far more flexible". Our contracts are not "cumbersome and stagnant". You are not more efficient. These are the myths that have been fed to the U.S. workforce in order to encourage them to go along with the sort of exploitative practices left behind by other developed economies.

So greece....than.....you post zero facts to support your claims.

 

[matt9112]

Layoffs have already started in many places. Its just the beginning. The fact many here believe Disney will be back to normal soon says a lot on out of touch many are.

Ny company (here in central florida) has just begun to scale back. The first downsizing in the company's history. To be fair currently it is trimming the fat (complacent technicians and weaker ones) but its true buisness is rough.

 

[spock8113]

FLORIDA Research report highlights dramatic reduction in visitors to Florida
First Gov. DeSantis said this about New York:

Florida’s Governor Is Scapegoating New Yorkers for His Own Coronavirus Catastrophe

To appease Trump, Ron DeSantis refused to shut down Florida. Now he’s blaming New Yorkers for spiraling infections.

slate.com

Then when the visiting slowed to a trickle, he says this:

https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2020/08/06/desantis-lifts-travel-restrictions-on-new-yorkers.html

Couple this with losing the Republican National Convention.....................................
New Yorkers are vast majority of Florida visitors and snowbird retirees, so Governor DeSantis was disingenuous about New Yorkers and the virus.
Now Floridians are paying his price.

 

[JoeCamel]

FLORIDA Research report highlights dramatic reduction in visitors to Florida
First Gov. DeSantis said this about New York:

Florida’s Governor Is Scapegoating New Yorkers for His Own Coronavirus Catastrophe

To appease Trump, Ron DeSantis refused to shut down Florida. Now he’s blaming New Yorkers for spiraling infections.

slate.com

Then when the visiting slowed to a trickle, he says this:

https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2020/08/06/desantis-lifts-travel-restrictions-on-new-yorkers.html

Couple this with losing the Republican National Convention.....................................
New Yorkers are vast majority of Florida visitors and snowbird retirees, so Governor DeSantis was disingenuous about New Yorkers and the virus.
Now Floridians are paying his price.

He don't care bout locals, he is looking at Washington

 

[kinglsyyy]

FLORIDA Research report highlights dramatic reduction in visitors to Florida
First Gov. DeSantis said this about New York:

Florida’s Governor Is Scapegoating New Yorkers for His Own Coronavirus Catastrophe

To appease Trump, Ron DeSantis refused to shut down Florida. Now he’s blaming New Yorkers for spiraling infections.

slate.com

Then when the visiting slowed to a trickle, he says this:

https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2020/08/06/desantis-lifts-travel-restrictions-on-new-yorkers.html

Couple this with losing the Republican National Convention.....................................
New Yorkers are vast majority of Florida visitors and snowbird retirees, so Governor DeSantis was disingenuous about New Yorkers and the virus.
Now Floridians are paying his price.

I was under the impression NY's did seed most of the East Coats for covid.
I am also under the impression FL outperformed all other states in travel so far post shutdown.


Not disagreeing with you on a political basis, I try to stay apolitical as much as possible both in real life and on the internet.


I just know from having not much else to do for the last few months, that NY did seed Florida with Covid, and tourism wise, Florida is doing very well comparatively to the rest of the US.