Article: The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Susan Strother Clarke column: Ad campaign sells Florida to (hurricane-savvy) Floridians.

Byline: Susan Strother Clarke

Jul. 31--Have you seen the billboards? Recognizing the problems with luring out-of-state travelers this summer, Visit Florida has a new campaign to entice Floridians to vacation in their backyards.

The tourism-marketing group erected eight billboards in Orlando, including sites on Interstate 4 and the East-West Expressway. Radio spots also have aired in markets statewide. This isn't Visit Florida's first campaign to target in-state folks -- but it's one of the larger ones, with a value of more than $1 million. It has a nice slogan, "You should see the state you're in," courtesy of the Fahlgren Benito agency in ...

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