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Visit Lauderdale

Foodie visitors support our growing
Culinary Scene

By Stacy Ritter

T hroughout the year Visit Lauderdale supports tourism with spotlighting the Fort Lauderdale Food Tour offered by Craft

Food Tours on Las Olas Boulevard. The news about this terrific,
advertising, public relations, tourism and group sales,
and support of events that are as much fun for locals as
in 30 publications across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
they are for visitors. narrated walking tour with eight tastings along Las Olas ran
And a German travel writer who was visiting recently took the
Since the pandemic put a stop to international visitation for
almost two years, we have been shining a spotlight on what tour and gave it a rave review.
some of our European visitors can experience when they In case you’re wondering why the international market
return – especially our wonderful dining. matters, here are some key reasons. In Germany and other
countries including the U.K., Italy and others, companies must
There has been a lot of interest recently in Greater Fort
Lauderdale from German tour operators and travel advisors provide a minimum of four weeks paid vacation to employees,
that are in contact with our Global Trade sales team. Knowing compared to the two weeks that is standard in the U.S. Many
there are many travel clients there interested in visiting, we people take those days all at once in late summer, which
recently issued a press release in German-speaking countries brings in more business during our slower season.

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