According to data just released by Visit Florida, the state's official tourism marketing corporation, the state is on track to break the record 59.3 million who visited the state during 2002. A US Department of Commerce report ranked Florida as the leader of all other states in international visitors. According to that report, Florida had a 24% share of overseas visitors to the United States, surpassing New York (23%), California (22%) and the Hawaiian Islands (10%).
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