Tampa International Airport Sees High Numbers Of Passengers Coming To The Tampa Bay Area – CBS Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. (CW44 Information At 10) – The Summer time rush is on in Tampa Bay and native companies are prepared for the motion.

Tampa Worldwide Airport is seeing an enormous improve in vacationers coming to the Tampa Bay Space…and native enterprise homeowners are reacting.

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“Final night time we did 4,600. 4,600 in simply in the future which is totally off the charts, and so we’ve seen a big improve within the foot visitors,” stated Craig Severson, Proprietor of Tropical Ice Cream.

“It’s very busy, the tourism has picked up,” stated supervisor of Pipo and Betty’s Bakery, Cecily Benga.

Enterprise staff alongside Indian Rocks Seashore are seeing extra clients stroll via their entrance doorways this Summer time in comparison with the final couple of years.

“We’re seeing lots of households are available in. Lots of them from areas that you just usually wouldn’t see them from. From California, and different areas like Texas,” stated Severson.

We realized about 60,000 passengers a day are coming into Tampa Worldwide Airport. And a few days are displaying record-breaking numbers in comparison with pre-pandemic journey.

“They’re all going to the seashore, we’re busy, very early within the morning, till mid-afternoon once we shut at two,” stated Benga.

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Benga says she’s additionally seen there’s extra locations to remain.

“It’s positively picked up. There are extra AirBnB’s right here regionally so I believe lots of people are coming to go to Florida extra,” stated Benga.

She says it’s nice for businesss.

“The road within the morning goes about three hours, nevertheless it’s fast-paced,” stated Benga.

Severson additionally likes what he sees.

“I’m completely satisfied. It might have, with the pandemic, it might have gone the opposite approach,” stated Severson.

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Staff say they don’t anticipate enterprise to decelerate, however truly, they anticipate it to choose up because the Summer time continues.