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Ron DeSantis: “If you look at the visitation to Florida for tourism, you know, we used to get 90 million, like, 10 years ago…”

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I don't know. We want. It turns out they probably were okay. But so. So. But we just had to cope because it just was more visitors. I mean, If you look at the visitation to Florida for tourism, you know, we used to get 90 million, like, 10 years ago. We were like, 90 million. Now 140 million people are coming. and that. That makes a difference. And I know there's a lot geopolitically about, oh, Canada and all this stuff, and, you know, we've seen a little bit of that in Florida, for sure, but we're talking about. (06:50–07:03)

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Asserts that tourism in Florida increased from 90 million visitors to 140 million visitors over ten years.

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