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ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.
A look back at the past 40 years reveals that the Covid-19 pandemic wasn’t the only challenge faced by Orlando’s tourism industry.
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Yet, the resilience of tourism has become a practiced art, and our region keeps bouncing back.
CEO Mark McHugh of Gatorland, one of Orlando’s original themed attractions, said multiple recessions, the dampening of air travel after 9/11 and nature itself were major hurdles to jump in the last four decades.
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