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Article: Beating a path to southwest Florida. (Sarasota County and points south)
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- Florida Trend
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- March 22, 1986
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Beating A Path To Southwest Florida
Without exaggerating too much, you might say that the world has suddenly found Southwest Florida now that the interstate highway system extends south from Tampa Bay to Naples.
For the first time, tourists flying into Southwest Florida airports in Naples or Fort Myers have easy access to the six-county area south of Tampa Bay on major highways, and that is expected to spread tourist expenditures throughout the region. With a 30% increase in the number of visitors touring Florida by automobile last year, the communities from Collier County north to Sarasota County expect to see a healthy gain in sales receipts from ...