Cruise ship with coronavirus outbreak sails to uncertain Florida welcome

[jberryhill]

10. They do pay Florida

How much revenue does Carnival generate down there?

https://spacecoastdaily.com/2019/12/watch-port-canaveral-earned-3-9-billion-revenue-and-produced-32650-jobs-from-cruise-tourism/

The sea hub in Central Florida , which is the second-busiest cruise port in the world, has an economic contribution throughout the state of Florida in the past year totaling $3.9 billion, producing 32,650 jobs and $1.3 billion in wages, based on a Business Research & Economic Advisors study, which also noted that the activity across all business lines resulted in $1.94 billion in direct impact in the Central Florida economy, which contributed to the direct employment of more than 17,200 workers who received $729.4 million in wages.

The cruise segment of Port Canaveral alone generated $1.3 billion in economic impact and supported 12,964 regional jobs paying $516.6 million in annual wages.