Tourist
Demographics
• Average
size of party 2.3
• Length
of stay 6.6 nights
•
Age 42.6
• Male
67.9%
• Female
32.1%
Travel Expenditures
• Lodging
$145.28
• Meals
in hotel $33.70
• Meals
in restaurants $53.24
• Non-Restaurant
Food $22.77
• Local
Transportation $37.73
• Parking/Tolls/Gasoline
$9.55
• Entertainment
$82.12
• Gifts/Shopping
$96.96
• Daily
p/p Expenditures $197.99
• Total
p/p Expenditures $1,396.61
Origins of Travel
• U.S.
Resident 55.9%
• Non-U.S.
Resident 44.1%
U.S. Residents
• North
East 41.3%
• Southern
30.7%
• North
Central 21.9%
• Western
6.1%
• New
York 18.8%
Non-U.S. Residents
• South
America 52.8%
• Europe
32.4%
• Brazil
17.5%
• Germany
8.9%
• Colombia
8.3%
• England
7.0%
• Canada
6.4%
• Central
America 5.0%
• Caribbean
2.6%
Tourism Overview
Each year Miami Beach hotels host over 35% of
the ten million tourists who visit Greater Miami.
The Hotels range from the 800-room Loews to
the world-famous Fontainebleau and Eden Roc
to boutique Deco hotels such as the Raleigh,
Astor, Albion, Delano, Century, Park Central,
Cavalier, and Cardozo.
Leisure Tourism
An island surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and
Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach offers an array of
recreational activities. One can jog and bicycle
along the bayside or oceanfront paths, play
tennis at an area park, swim or dive in the
cool waters of the Atlantic Ocean, sail along
the Bay, rollerblade down Ocean Drive, or enjoy
Miami Beach’s golf courses.
Business Tourism
The Miami Beach Convention Center contains over
1 million square feet of meeting space, including
four 125,000 square feet halls that can be combined
to create up to 500,000 square feet of contiguous
space. The Center is now complemented by the
800-room Loews Miami Beach Hotel, located a
few blocks away at 16th Street and Collins Avenue.
The hotel boasts over 90,000 square feet of
function and meeting space, including a 32,000
square feet ballroom capable of accommodating
2,000 guests, emphasizing Miami Beach’s
potential as a complete tourism destination.
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