Record Travel To Orlando

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority recently announced record travel to Orlando International Airport for the year. For 2010, there were over 31 million domestic passengers and in excess of 3 million international air passengers travelling to the Orlando International Airport. This is ore evidence that the state of the Orlando Florida tourism market is improving.

Additional highlights from the Orlando travel report included:

  • Annual domestic travel increased approximately 3% while international travel rose 9% for the year ending 2010 versus 2009
  • The Aviation Authority also indicated that large increases to Orlando from many mid-tier cities accounted for much of the positive numbers. This is apart from the robust increase in international travel that was recorded for the year. We blogged recently about the importance of new domestic and international routes (cheap airfare to Orlando) that tend to help keep airfares to Orlando competitive.

However, although these volumes were quite impressive, the Orlando Sanford air travel volumes did show declines on an annual basis. Domestic annual travel volumes to the Orlando Sanford airport were down 38% and international travel down 12%. All in all, Orlando Sanford (SFB) airport volumes are a mere fraction of the number of passengers that travel through the Orlando International Airport (MCO). In fact, Orlando International handles more than 20x the passenger volume that Sanford handles on annual basis.

Orlando Travel Statistics

These travel statistics mirror the trends that have been developing in Central Florida for some time. For instance, SeaWorld recently announced record holiday traffic to the park in December. Even Amtrak intermodal passenger rail volumes to Florida were up year-over-year reflecting across the board increases in visitor flow  to the region/city.

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