Atlantic Coast
Fort Lauderdale (frequently abbreviated as Ft. Lauderdale) is a fun city on the Atlantic coast 23 miles (37 km) north of Miami. This bustling tourist locaion is the county seatof BrowardCounty. The city has a population of 165,52 and is part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is considered by many one of the best vaction spots in the world.
Tourist Destination
The city is a popular tourist destination, with an average year-round temperature of 75.5 °F (24.2 °C). The district has 561 hotels and motels comprising nearly 35,000 rooms. Forty six cruise ships sailed from Port Evergladesin 2012. Tourists love layin in the sand, frequenting restaurants, and the best all inclusive resorts for couples.
12 Million Visitors
Greater Fort Lauderdale hosted 12 million visitorsin 2012, including 2.8 million international visitors. The city and county in 2012 collected $43.9 million from the visitors that brought their families from around the whole to experience this tropical paradise. Fort Lauderdale is named after a series of forts built by the United States during the Second Seminole War.
35k Hotel Rooms
Greater Fort Lauderdale has over 4,000 restaurants, 63 golf courses, 12
shopping malls, 16 museums, 132 nightclubs, 278 parkland campsites, and
100 marinas housing 45,000 resident yachts. Over
35,000 hotels line themselves along the fork of the New River
between the Colee Hammock and
Rio Vistaneighborhoods, and the site of the Bahia Mar Marina.
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