Informative Website, flflorida.com, Teaches Facts, Weather and History of Florida
A new Florida website, www.flflorida.com teaches vacationers and others about Florida's attractions, history, hurricanes and other facts.
(PRWEB) May 7, 2005 -- Tourists interested in Florida as a vacation destination and students interested in doing research on hurricanes can now find information about Florida's history, climate and famous attractions on www.flflorida.com.
The new website helps people learn about Florida's famous attractions such as Disney World, the sprawling beaches, or the wild night life of Miami as well as the Sunshine State's history, its government, laws and other demographics.
Despite frequent hurricanes, Florida's economy is heavily based on tourism. Warm weather year-round and hundreds of miles of beach make for a thriving vacation spot for global travelers.
Walt Disney World, near Orlando, drives much the economy of that area, but there are numerous othe amusement parks and studio theme parks in the area as well.
Information on the new Website explains that hurricanes pose the biggest threat during the summer and fall. Florida saw major destruction in 2004 when it was hit by four hurricanes: Hurricanes Charley (August 13), Frances (September 4-5), Ivan (September 16), and Jeanne (September 25-26).
These disasters added up to a cost of $42 billion dollars to the state, the Website says.
Other facts that can be found on the Website:
- Miami and Fort Lauderdale are prominent vacation destinations for both young and old alike. During the spring, hordes of teenagers and young adults throng to these ocean side cities for partying.
- Florida, the southeasternmost state in the United States, is a Spanish adjective which means "flowery." The state has a humid subtropical climate, with the climate of far South Florida and the Keys verging on tropical.
- Florida was discovered by Spanish explorers and consists of a panhandle shaped landmass extending along the northern Gulf of Mexico, a large peninsula with the Atlantic Ocean as its eastern border and the Gulf of Mexico as its western border.
- It is bordered on the north by the states of Georgia and Alabama and it is near the countries of the Caribbean, particularly the Bahamas, Cuba, and Haiti.
- The immense amount of sales tax revenue allows the state to be one of the nine states which does not impose personal income tax. The state sales tax rate is 6 percent. Local governments may levy a local option sales on top of that, so sales taxes vary by county between 6 and 7.5 percent.
- The state use tax is 6 percent on purchases made out of state and brought into Florida within 6 months of the purchase date.
- The major industries include citrus fruit and juice production, banking, and phosphate mining and aerospace.
About www.flflorida.com:
The FL Florida website includes sections on history, laws and government, climate, geography, economy, demographics as well as important cities and towns. More information about the state of Florida can be found at http://www.flflorida.com.
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