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The New Year's holiday marks a big weekend with several major events in the Tampa Bay area, attracting tourists from near and far.  

Tourism is the biggest economic driver in the Tampa Bay Area, and tourists recently broke records in Pinellas County.

From Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023, Pinellas County earned more than $98 million in hotel bed tax collection, Visit St.Pete/Clearwater announced.

Two month ago, Hurricane Idalia passed Pinellas County more than 100 miles offshore — and, despite the distance, it battered the county’s coastline. The wreckage underscored how vulnerable the Pinellas coast is to a major storm, and how important the dunes are to protecting what stands beyond them. Though Idalia damaged some property and scattered sand across Gulf Boulevard, county officials ...

WWE’s not shy about their strategy of getting areas to bid on hosting their premium live events. A new report has details of what it took for the Tampa area to get 2024’s Royal Rumble — and a higher offer theirs was selected over.

Pinellas County Administrator Barry A. Burton announced that Brian Lowack is the new president and CEO of Visit St. Pete/Clearwater in Florida.  Lowack previously served as the head of the official Pinellas County tourism marketing and management organization in an interim capacity since June. 

WWE received a hefty site fee for WWE Royal Rumble 2024, which will be held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Wrestling will soon take over Tropicana Field.

$20M To Be Spent On Emergency Erosion Control At Pinellas Beaches - Clearwater, FL - Hurricane Idalia and the four tornadoes that touched down last week have caused extensive erosion along Pinellas beaches.

Sunset Beach is one step closer to reopening as crews work to restore the dunes that Hurricane Idalia decimated.