That's rather surprising to me, and I'm originally from Morris County. Where do you find visitation data for NJ? Having grown up in the Garden State, I never thought it much for tourism, outside a few beaches that are long past their prime.
Very rarely do I agree with Ron DeSantis. This is one of those occasions. People should not be allowed to protest outside of private homes. Protestors who do this should be locked up on criminal charges. DeSantis signs bill outlawing protests in front of private homes https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...-outlawing-protests-in-front-of-private-homes
"New Jersey welcomed 116.2 million visitors to the Garden State in 2019." https://visitnj.org/sites/default/files/2019-nj-economic-impact.pdf
Do you have any post-pandemic numbers? Edit: Found this. New Jersey welcomed 96.6 million visitors in 2021 with visitation growing over 14% from 2020; visitation remained 17% below 2019's record-breaking levels. Visitors spent $37.3 billion in New Jersey in 2021, representing an $8 billion increase from 2020.
86.4 million visitors in 2020 https://visitnj.org/press/new-jerseys-2020-tourism-data-reflects-resiliency 96.6 million visitors in 2021 https://www.njspotlightnews.org/202...ion-visitors-2021-14-over-2020-19-below-2019/
As expected, the Florida residents simply re-filed their suit in state court after a federal judge told them the state court was the proper venue. For some reason DeSantis believed that the dismal of the federal suit was some type of big victory and his team endlessly crowed about it. The reality in the big picture is that the dismal of the federal suit is nearly meaningless. Florida Residents Refile Lawsuit Against Gov Ron DeSantis Over Disney’s Special Tax District Plaintiffs brought their complaint to state court after it was tossed by a federal judge https://www.thewrap.com/florida-residents-lawsuit-ron-desantis-disney-tax-district/
Would be interesting to see who comes to NJ for tourism. My guess is folks from PA, NY, and maybe New England. Whereas Florida gets folks from all over the country.
So Ron DeSantis has no plan. Now suddenly he is claiming the state will take over the RCID. Where is he going to get the 1 billion plus dollars from? DeSantis suggests state will assume control of Disney World's Reedy Creek Improvement District It's unclear who will shoulder the Reedy Creek Improvement District's roughly $1 billion in debt https://www.foxbusiness.com/politic...disney-world-reedy-creek-improvement-district