{"id":23435,"date":"2011-04-28T16:22:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=23435"},"modified":"2018-05-29T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T19:14:13","slug":"orlando-is-no-1-summer-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-is-no-1-summer-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando is No.1 Summer Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando is the No. 1 most popular summer travel spot for 2011, according to bookings on travel site Orbitz.com.<\/p>\n<p>The City Beautiful was the only Florida city to make the top 10 list this year. Among the reasons cited for Orlando\u2019s high ranking:<\/p>\n<li>Average airfare to Orlando this summer is $290, an increase of 10 percent over last year but still the lowest average fare for any of the cities in the top 10.<\/li>\n<li>Orlando hotel rooms are averaging about $94\/night, an increase of 12 percent over last year but the second lowest of the cities in the top 10.<\/li>\n<p>Cities that ranked No. 2-10 include: Las Vegas, Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Cancun and Boston.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Orlando Business Journal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/news\/2011\/04\/28\/orlando-is-no-1-summer-destination.html?ed=2011-04-28&amp;s=article_du&amp;ana=e_du_pub\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando is No. 1 summer destination<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>UCF Today Note: Orlando is the hometown of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\" target=\"_blank\">University of Central Florida<\/a>, the nation&#8217;s second-largest university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando is the No. 1 most popular summer travel spot for 2011, according to bookings on travel site Orbitz.com. 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