- Florida Tourism and Travel Destinations Information Guide.
Brochure images of tanning flesh and Mickey Mouse give an inaccurate and incomplete picture of FLORIDA. Although the aptly nicknamed Sunshine State is indeed devoted to the tourist trade, it is also among the least understood parts of America. Away from its overexposed resorts lie forests and rivers, deserted strands filled with wildlife, vibrant cities and
primeval swamps.
Top Florida Destinations covered in our Florida Guide: Boca Raton, Daytona Beach, Everglades City, Flamingo, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Islamorada, Jacksonville, Key Largo town and Tavernier, Miami, Orlando, Palm Beach, Panama City
Beach, Pensacola, Sarasota, St Augustine, St Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay and Clearwater Beach Florida.
In many respects Florida is still evolving. Seven hundred people a day move to the state, now the fourth most populous in the nation. Changing demographics are eroding the traditional Deep South conservatism: the new Floridians tend to be a younger, more energetic breed, while Spanish-speaking enclaves provide close ties to Latin America and the Caribbean - links as influential
in creating wealth as the recent arrival of the movie industry in central Florida, fresh from Hollywood.
The essential stop is cosmopolitan, half-Latin Miami , from where a simple journey south brings you to the Florida Keys , a hundred-mile string of islands known for sports fishing, coral-reef diving, and the sultry town of Key West , legendary for its sunsets and anything-goes attitude. North from Miami, much of the east coast is disappointingly urbanized, albeit with miles of
unbroken beaches flowing alongside. The residential stranglehold is lessened further north, where communities such as Daytona Beach have become subservient to the local sands. Farther along, historical St Augustine stands as the longest continuous settlement in the US.
In central Florida the terrain turns green, though it's no rural idyll: this is where you'll find Orlando and Walt Disney World , one of the world's leading tourist destinations. From here it's just a skip north to the forests of the Panhandle , Florida's link with the Deep South, or to the towns and beaches of the west coast . To the south, and also easily accessible from
Miami, stretches the Everglades , a swampy sawgrass plain filled with camera friendly but otherwise unfriendly alligators.
In at least one way it makes little difference when you visit : warm sunshine and blue skies are almost always a fact of life. Florida does, however, split into two climatic zones : subtropical in the south and warm temperate in the north. Orlando and points south have very mild winters (October to April), with warm temperatures and low humidity. This is the peak tourist
season, when prices are at their highest. The southern summer (May to September), on the other hand, brings high humidity and afternoon storms - the rewards for braving the mugginess are lower prices and fewer tourists. Winter is the off-peak period north of Orlando; while snow has been known to fall in the Panhandle, daytime temperatures are generally comfortably warm. During
the northern Florida summer, the crowds arrive, and the days - and the nights - get hot and sticky. Also, there is a potentially ominous time of the year - the " hurricane season " - June to November.
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Finally, although Florida has struggled with its reputation for crimes against and even murders of tourists, the state's been very successful in reducing such attacks. It's definitely no longer the den of Miami Vice it once was, but, as when visiting all big cities, it pays to be wary.
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