Distance between Apopka and Orlando is 20 miles or 32.18 Kilometers
I know of quite a few people who just say they live in Orlando due to the close proximity.
Downtown Orlando
Downtown Orlando is the ideal location for corporate and division headquarters. You can quickly get to downtown via 441, 414 or even taking I-4. More than 65,000 professionals energize Downtown Orlando on a daily basis. Downtown Orlando also boasts 13 million square feet of office space in the urban core. The new Amway Arena is located in downtown. It is the dominant Class A office supply in the Central Florida region. The cluster of professional services, large labor force, and proximity to government services are key contributors to the presence of major corporations in the community. Orange Ave happens to be one of the main focal streets in Orlando.
Orlando Tourist Numbers (from 2009)
- $27.6 billion in visitor spending
- Tourism accounts for nearly 380,000 jobs in the tri-county area (31% of total employment in the Orlando Three-County Area)
- $13.6 billion annual earned wages ($7.9 billion direct,$5.7 billion indirect & induced
The heaviest tourist “season” is Christmas vacation, roughly from Christmas Eve through January first. Next comes Easter week and Thanksgiving weekend. The entire summer, from Memorial Day in late May to Labor Day in early September, is on a par with Easter and Thanksgiving. There are two other “spikes” in attendance: President’s Week in February and College Spring Break. Various colleges have different dates for their Spring Break, which may or may not coincide with Easter; the result is that the period from mid-March through mid-April shows a larger than usual volume of tourist traffic. The slowest period is the lull between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Next slowest (excluding the holidays mentioned earlier) are the months of September, October, November, January, and February. Tourism starts to build again in March, spiking sharply upward for Easter/Spring Break, then dropping off somewhat until Memorial Day.
Accommodations
Thousands of hotels, resorts, timeshares, rentals, condos, condotels, and other lodging options are located throughout Orlando and Central Florida area.
