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Can Orlando Hotels Ride Out the Coronavirus Rollercoaster?

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Summary

Florida is one of the most popular vacation spots in the United States, welcoming more than 131 million visitors in 2019 alone, according to visitflorida.org. Within Florida, Orlando represents the quintessential tourism-centric city, as home of two of the largest theme parks in the world. In 2019, Disney World attracted more than 20 million visitors and Universal Studios more than 10 million. Until the coronavirus pandemic hit in early 2020, these numbers were rising every year.