The tourism industry welcomed 75.3 million visitors to Central Florida in 2024 and those paying guests spent about $59.9 billion here, said Adam Sacks, president of Tourism Economics.

A coffee shop was riddled with bullets from the officers’ gunfire. Bullet holes and shattered glass left a gruesome reminder of the horrific incident. The shooting is under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

The Orlando Police Department is working an "active investigation" in downtown Orlando early Friday morning, and has asked the public to avoid the area.

Kopelousos is the administrator of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, which provides government services to Walt Disney World.

Orlando police officers shot and killed a man near a park in downtown Orlando early Friday morning after that man charged at them with a pair of scissors and refused commands to drop them, according to Deputy Chief Chad Ochiuzzo.

Thompson’s goal in the 86th minute snaps a scoreless battle and gives Alex Straus his first win since taking over as coach on June 1.

Two other lawsuits against the Orlando diocese claim a priest slain in 2024, who already has been accused of child abuse, molested two other boys.

Nearly 1,000 pages of itemized expenses and legal filings circulating among Orange County staff members are drawing concerns because of what they appear to reveal: how Visit Orlando is spending more than $100 million dollars in Tourism Development Tax (TDT) revenue it receives every year.