142.9M
Visitors to Florida in 2024
Florida welcomed 142.9 million visitors in calendar year 2024, its highest annual visitation on record at the time of release.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, February 12, 2025 ↗Coastal reference 01
Florida coastal travel & beach statistics.
A practical, source-led reference for writers, planners, and fellow beach people looking for current figures on Florida visitation, shoreline, and coastal recreation.
Last updated: September 28, 2026. Figures retain the reporting date of their original source.
The quick read
Florida's coast is both a destination and a working landscape.
Florida's beach culture reaches well beyond one day on the sand. The figures below give a clear picture of the scale of travel across the state, the length of its sandy shoreline, and the care that coastline needs. Every number links directly to the organisation that published it.
Use this page as a starting point, then follow the original source when you need more detail or a different reporting period.
91.5%
Domestic share of 2024 visitation
Domestic travelers accounted for 130.7 million of Florida's 2024 visitors, or 91.5% of all visitation reported by VISIT FLORIDA.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, February 12, 2025 ↗33.1M
Visitors in Q4 2024
Florida recorded 33.1 million visitors in the final quarter of 2024, the highest fourth-quarter total reported in the state's release.
Source: VISIT FLORIDA, February 12, 2025 ↗825
Miles of sandy beach
Florida's Strategic Beach Management Plan covers 825 miles of sandy beaches along the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf coast, and Straits of Florida.
Source: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, August 2026 ↗55%
Of sandy shoreline classified as critically eroded
As of August 2025, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection reported that 55% of the state's 825 miles of sandy shoreline was critically eroded.
Source: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, August 2025 ↗1,515
Miles on Florida's coastal paddling trail
The Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail runs 1,515 miles around the peninsula and Keys, and is described by the state as the country's longest designated national recreation trail.
Source: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, accessed September 2026 ↗Method & sources
Built for a clean citation.
This is a curated reference, not original research. Sand Surf Life selected public figures that speak directly to Florida coastal travel and beach conditions, and kept each figure tied to its publishing organisation and date.
- VISIT FLORIDA, 2024 annual visitation release, February 12, 2025 ↗
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Strategic Beach Management Plan Portfolio, August 2026 ↗
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Critically Eroded Beaches of Florida, August 2025 ↗
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail, accessed September 2026 ↗
Suggested citation
Sand Surf Life. Florida Coastal Travel & Beach Statistics (2026). Updated September 28, 2026.
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