Record-setting recovery: Pinellas tourism thrives after storms

Resiliency is the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from challenges, which objectively describes Pinellas County’s tourism industry.

Visitors contributed a record $8.29 million to local tax coffers in January, just three months after Hurricanes Helene and Milton decimated the area. That number will likely continue trending higher as tourism officials await over 1,400 rooms reopening - most by the end of the summer.

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St. Pete will not increase Trop insurance until 2026

St. Petersburg officials received widespread criticism for reducing insurance coverage on Tropicana Field seven months before Hurricane Milton shredded its roof. They stand by the decision.

The aging stadium has become a fiscal albatross as it remains the costliest structure in the city’s portfolio. St. Petersburg will spend about $56 million repairing the Trop amid uncertainty surrounding its planned demolition and the Tampa Bay Rays' future.

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