Visitor Travel Clause Samples
Visitor Travel. Visitor travel to Florida is an important component of the state’s overall economy. Accounting for visitor trips in FLSWM is important for accurate evaluation of economic trends, policies, and infrastructure investments that may affect tourism in Florida. Currently, the trip-based visitor model of FLSWM is being updated with new data. It is expected that the visitor model will be integrated with FLSWM after update is completed.
Visitor Travel. Another issue with version 7 of FLSWM regarding long distance travel is the lack of a component that addresses visitor trips. Version 6 of FLSWM is incorporated with a visitor model, which was calibrated in 2010?. The visitor model is discontinued due to lack of new visitor data for recalibration of the model. According to VisitFlorida (VisitFlorida, 2020), the state of Florida received 131.4 million domestic and foreign visitors in 2019 (see Table 16), with more than 30 million visitors in every quarter. With such a great number of visitors traveling on Florida highways, properly accounting for visitor trips in FLSWM can prevent over-estimation of short and long distance trips generated from Florida internal TAZs. Recalibrating the visitor model in version 6 of FLSWM with new data or creating a new statewide visitor model to account for visitor trips may need to be considered in the next FLSWM update. Table 16 2019 Florida Visitor Estimates by Quarters