Orlando set a new record last year attracting about 59 million visitors, including more than 4 million international guests.
Visit Orlando President and CEO George Aguel made the announcement Wednesday at the U.S. Travel Association’s premier conference. In making the announcement, Aguel said, “Orlando continues to lead the nation as its most visited destination.”
Also known as “The Theme Park Capital of the World,” Orlando boasts seven of the top theme parks in the world and is also nicknamed, “The City Beautiful.”
Orlando is experiencing one of the most significant expansion periods in the destination’s history, Visit Orlando said. Universal Orlando Resort will open the world’s first centrally themed, multi-park experience this summer by expanding The Wizarding World of Harry Potter across both of its theme parks.
SeaWorld Orlando recently opened Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin – the biggest expansion in its company’s history, while Walt Disney World Resort will complete a multiyear project that is doubling the size of Fantasyland when it debuts the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train coaster this summer.
