tourism in Nassau County is booming with revenue generated by visitors now exceeding $1 billion. That is according to the area’s latest tourism report.
Tourist spending on Amelia Island brought in roughly $1.2 billion. The 2023 Value of tourism Report also states visitors spent almost $900 million on the area’s local restaurants, shops and other vendors.
“tourism has grown exponentially. Memorial Day until Labor Day used to be our season very pretty strictly but now it’s pretty much all year round,” Theresa Poynter, owner of Timoti’s Seafood Shak, said.
The report shows a 21.3% increase in direct spending since the last study conducted in 2021. Mark Markarian, the owner of Nana Teresa’s Bake Shop, said he noticed the upward trend in visitors to Amelia Island.
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“We’ve always had visitors but the last few years after the pandemic, we’ve noticed a lot more visitors than normal. A lot of people are getting…
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