Over the weekend, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida, warning potential tourists that recent laws and policies championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.”
This is another in a long line of travel warnings; Equality Florida, a gay rights advocacy group, and League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a Latino civil rights organization, also issued travel advisors for the Sunshine State.
Tourism is Florida’s biggest revenue driver supporting 1.6 million full-time and part-time jobs. It’s estimated visitors spent $98.8 billion in Florida in 2019, so this will hit the State hard.
“Taken in their totality, Florida’s slate of laws and policies targeting basic freedoms and rights pose a serious risk to the health and safety of those traveling to the state,” Equality Florida’s advisory said.