Florida’s Space Coast, home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and all orbital crewed launches dating back to the Mercury program in the early 1960s, continued to see record numbers of launches in 2021, matching the record of 31 set in 2020. […]
TDO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PETER CRANIS: We now have our August Tourist Development Tax numbers. The final number was $1.39 million – a 61% improvement over August, 2020 and a 15.6% improvement over August, 2019, making it the best August in history. […]
TDO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PETER CRANIS: The April Tourist Development Tax numbers have come in, and as expected, it exceeded April 2019 numbers 17 percent making it the strongest April in TDT history. The Tourist Development Tax year to date of $8.526 million is 38.6 percent ahead of budget ($6.150 million) and 3.1 percent ahead of the prior year ($8.271 million) which is the first time we are actually up over the 2019-20 fiscal year. […]
What a March! Tourist Development Tax collections have come in at $1.93 million for the month which is very close to the $1.97 million in March of 2018 and not too far off of the $2.1 million in March of 2019 which was our highest month ever. […]
Wow – what a week! First, last weekend we had the Cocoa Beach Airshow held back in Cocoa Beach for the first time since 2012. Looking ahead to May, the Melbourne Air Show will be happening May 15 and 16 at the Melbourne Orlando International Airport featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels who will be flying their new F-18 Super Hornet aircraft. […]
The Cocoa Beach Air Show and the Melbourne Air Show will be coming this April 17 – 18 and May 15 – 16, respectively. The shows are going to be spectacular this year and they are going to feature the best airshow performers in the world. […]
The Tourist Development Tax numbers are in for the month of May, and while down 36 percent from May 2019, they came in quite a bit stronger than anticipated. “May was boosted by the reopening of hotels and vacation rentals in time for the Memorial Day Weekend and by the return to human space flight,” said Peter Cranis, Executive Director of the Tourism Office. […]
Tourist Development Tax collections on the Space Coast for the month of April were down 76 percent from the same month last year. […]
Florida’s Space Coast Office of Tourism hasn’t let current events dampen their sunny disposition. In fact, as they begin plans for their recovery effort, the office is looking forward to celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week, May 3-9, 2020. […]
Brevard County Tourism Office Director Peter Cranis provides an update about the devastating effect that Coronavirus has had on the Space Coast’s most important industries. With the beaches and travel restricted to combat the spread of COVID-19, hotels and the hospitality sector are all but shuttered in Brevard County. […]
VISIT FLORIDA estimates 31.6 million visitors traveled to Florida in the third quarter of 2019. “The continued growth in tourism numbers in the state of Florida never ceases to amaze me,” said Peter Cranis, Executive Director of the Space Coast Office of Tourism. […]
VISIT FLORIDA estimates 31.6 million visitors traveled to Florida in the third quarter of 2019. “The continued growth in tourism numbers in the state of Florida never ceases to amaze me,” said Peter Cranis, Executive Director of the Space Coast Office of Tourism. […]
