{"id":1766,"date":"2026-05-26T15:05:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:05:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:05:59","slug":"fewer-tourists-visited-florida-in-first-quarter-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766","title":{"rendered":"Fewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

TALLAHASSEE \u2014 Florida attracted slightly fewer tourists in the first quarter than during the same period last year, data from the state\u2019s tourism marketing agency released Tuesday show.<\/p>\n

Read more Bianchi: NFL and Olympics are coming to Orlando, and Army-Navy, Wrestlemania and baseball could be next!<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit Florida reported an estimated 39.89 million people journeyed to the state between January 1 and March 31, down 1% from the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n

Florida\u2019s figures remain bolstered by people traveling from other states, which accounted for 36.54 million, or nearly 92%, of the visitors in the first quarter. The quarterly total is 1.2% percent fewer than in the first quarter of 2025 and the lowest for the quarter since 2022 when 36.39 million people traveled to Florida as the nation was still emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Before the quarterly numbers were released, Visit Florida President and CEO Bryan Griffin told members of the public-private agency\u2019s executive committee they have seen an increase in people driving to Florida, with some flying to airports outside the state and then motoring south.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to let those numbers settle before we know for sure,\u201d Griffin said in a conference call last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

There were 2.29 million overseas travelers to Florida in the first quarter of this year, up 8.5% from the same period of 2025, and 1.05 million Canadians, 12.1% fewer than last year.<\/p>\n

The Canadian figures would have been more pronounced without changes to the 2025 figures.<\/p>\n

Included with the first-quarter report, Visit Florida revised the overall count for 2025 from 143.29 million to 143.33 million.<\/p>\n

Read more Manny Fernandez, a \u201972 Dolphins great and Ring of Honor member, dies at 79<\/a><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

Among the changes was an increase in Canadian travelers from 2.9 million to 3.17 million for the year and 1.06 million to 1.2 million for the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe revised data reflects delayed final reporting from kiosk issues at Ontario ports resulting in an undercount of U.S. visits in quarterly travel surveys,\u201d a release from Visit Florida stated. \u201cThe updated analysis also more accurately captures evolving Canadian travel patterns, including travelers driving into the United States before flying onward to Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n

The overseas count is the most ever for the quarter, topping the 2.28 million in 2019, the year before the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Griffin called the overseas figures \u201cphenomenal, with travel from the United Kingdom up 17.2 percent from the first quarter of 2025 and from Ireland by 14.5 percent in the same time.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe continue to lean in and encourage and invite people from overseas, and to develop the way that we do business there and the marketing efforts that we have there,\u201d Griffin said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve got some great things planned for the year ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brazil has surpassed the United Kingdom in the past two years as the top source of overseas travelers. In 2025, Brazil accounted for 10.5% of overseas travelers. The United Kingdom was at 9.7% last year.<\/p>\n

Read more Golfer Parker Sands gives loaded Gators lineup final piece for NCAA title run<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Florida attracted slightly fewer tourists in the first quarter than during the same period last year, data from the state\u2019s tourism marketing agency released Tuesday show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-tourism"],"yoast_head":"\nFewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026 - Orlando Relocation Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026 - Orlando Relocation Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Florida attracted slightly fewer tourists in the first quarter than during the same period last year, data from the state\u2019s tourism marketing agency released Tuesday show.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Orlando Relocation Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-26T15:05:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47d95744296542489ff5c4bd403450f8\"},\"headline\":\"Fewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-26T15:05:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766\"},\"wordCount\":485,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/ff755a35a69a2be1db70db9f62f67e46.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business\",\"Tourism\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766\",\"name\":\"Fewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026 - Orlando Relocation Report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/ff755a35a69a2be1db70db9f62f67e46.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-26T15:05:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47d95744296542489ff5c4bd403450f8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/ff755a35a69a2be1db70db9f62f67e46.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/ff755a35a69a2be1db70db9f62f67e46.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":682},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?p=1766#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Orlando Relocation Report\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47d95744296542489ff5c4bd403450f8\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orlandorelocationreport.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026 - Orlando Relocation Report","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026 - Orlando Relocation Report","og_description":"Florida attracted slightly fewer tourists in the first quarter than during the same period last year, data from the state\u2019s tourism marketing agency released Tuesday show.","og_url":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766","og_site_name":"Orlando Relocation Report","article_published_time":"2026-05-26T15:05:59+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47d95744296542489ff5c4bd403450f8"},"headline":"Fewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026","datePublished":"2026-05-26T15:05:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766"},"wordCount":485,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ff755a35a69a2be1db70db9f62f67e46.webp","articleSection":["Business","Tourism"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766","url":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766","name":"Fewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026 - Orlando Relocation Report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ff755a35a69a2be1db70db9f62f67e46.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-26T15:05:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47d95744296542489ff5c4bd403450f8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ff755a35a69a2be1db70db9f62f67e46.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ff755a35a69a2be1db70db9f62f67e46.webp","width":1024,"height":682},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1766#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fewer tourists visited Florida in first quarter of 2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/","name":"Orlando Relocation Report","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47d95744296542489ff5c4bd403450f8","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com"],"url":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}