Economic impact report 'bittersweet' for destination marketing agency leader

Tourism contributed $6.9 billion to Tampa and Hillsborough County in 2019. Then the pandemic hit.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. August 14, 2020
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Courtesy. Visit Tampa Bay President and CEO Santiago Corrada.
Courtesy. Visit Tampa Bay President and CEO Santiago Corrada.
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A new report issued by analysis firm Tourism Economics rubs salt in the wounds of Tampa Bay’s reeling tourism and hospitality industry, which, just like in so many other parts of Florida, has mostly ground to a halt because of the COVID-19 crisis. 

 

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