Travel and Tours - A Tourist Guide to Orlando
Orlando is a famous city for tourists and a busy center for business conventions in the region. It has almost all necessary attractions available to get the tourists and visitors. That is why tourism is the big industry and backbone of its economy. Like other tourist spots in the world, this city has many beautiful resorts and lakes to satisfy the tourism needs. With natural beauties, scenarios, and theme parks tourist can also enjoy Orlando vacation package deals to spend the holidays.Orlando is the 79th big city of US in the central region of Florida. impresol This city has a population of 238,300 according to 2010 census. It is popular that this city was named after a dedicating soldier Orlando Reeves, who purportedly served in the Second Seminole War. But this story is not stamped by the historians and they believe that such soldier never exist. Orlando is popular by its nickname "The City Beautiful" and it is represented by the symbol of fountain at Lake Eola.
Orlando is very popular due to the Walt Disney World Resort. This resort was founded by the Walt Disney Company in 1971 and its located about 34 Km at the Downtown Orlando in Lake Buena Vista.There are some other renowned and tourist attractions in Orlando like Universal Orlando Resort, SeaWorld theme park, Gatorland and Wet 'n Wild Water park. All these tourist attractions, except the Walt Disney World Park, are located along International Drive. Orlando was titled as the "most visited city" of US in year 2009. In past, it was a famous resort during the Spanish-American War and World War 1. During Florida land boom, major housing occurred in this city and lasted until the hitting of hurricanes. There are more theme parks in Orlando then anywhere else in the world. Orlando's economy encountered a major change when Walt Disney announced the Walt Disney World in 1965.
Orlando has a transitional climate but have some factors of tropical climate also. There are two main seasons, Hot weather with rains starting from June and lasts in September. And the dry, warm season without rainfall starts from October and lasts on May. This hot climate is caused by the low elevation of this city.After the tourism attraction, this city is a major center for business conventions and exhibitions. Orlando has a large number of hotels and it is the second city with largest number of hotel rooms. Most of the hotels are budget friendly. But some luxury hotels also exist outside of Walt Disney World property. The luxury hotels started after the construction of JW Marriott Orlando and the Ritz-Carelten Orlando at Grande Lakes.Tourists can avail all possible options of traveling to this city. One can reach here by air, road or train. Orlando International Airport is the second busiest airport in Florida. There are many packages available for booking a cheap flight to Orlando. As it's a famous place for tourist and business professionals, many deals available to get in booking cheap flights and hotel rooms.
