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Many people may be surprised to learn that Florida tourism has been around for more than 100 years.
Though it really took off when people started owning cars and driving here. It made vacationing more affordable.
Statistics from the American Automobile Association show 28 million people owned cars in 1920.
Automobiles brought a new kind of adventurous freedom to the average family. Previously it was mostly the very wealthy who had the means to travel.
Camping trips in the family automobile became extremely popular. Soon people began hitching up homemade trailers or “car houses” to their automobiles and started expanding the distances they traveled, looking for new areas to explore. Exotic Florida was one such destination that beckoned with it’s famous sunshine, beaches, spectacular fishing and orange trees.