Tourism office adapts to nearly 30% budget drop

Keeping and grabbing more market share — eventually — is a constant driver for Visit Sarasota, even as it lends a hand to a different, but aligned, organization.

Courtesy. The John Ringling Museum and Jungle Gardens are two well-known tourists attractions in Sarasota.
Courtesy. The John Ringling Museum and Jungle Gardens are two well-known tourists attractions in Sarasota.
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The pandemic, with all its disruption, has caused a variety of groups and businesses to work together more than ever before. Hotels, for one, have jointly lobbied for economic relief. Manufactures have created hiring and training classes, and even competing chambers of commerce and pro-business organizations are partnering on pandemic survival programs.  

 

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