Florida news: Panama City Beach visitor numbers soar   If you would like to View this message as a WebPage, please Click Here [/http://view.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=4d511472288366134fb7f1e7eec38d1826ecdcebd433d27d6a9db9ee90f72c0841f215bc76aa88dfca6d05f2b8ab8ec554f4bd08db72fd1892a833aa4d4658d96775c15ecef39370e2abccab87926241] [Travel Weekly] FLORIDA August 23, 2018 Advertisement http://click.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=15d49f1a0a580b01243b4bfa8d737904cf08aaf07ba36139fe9537851ce02f956d43d7a80f488063aa33283bb27fb9b88df90a2dfe8f844b KNOWLEDGE IS POWER Increase your earnings in the long and short term with continuing education. 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KAPHERR [https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Insights/Panama-City-Beach-sees-record-tourism-in-first-half-of-2018?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrfla&cid=eltrfla&ct=usa] Panama City Beach sees record tourism in first half of 2018 [https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Insights/Panama-City-Beach-sees-record-tourism-in-first-half-of-2018?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrfla&cid=eltrfla&ct=usa] On Aug. 7, Visit Panama City Beach announced that tourism in June was up 10.4% year over year. For the year, tourism is up 8.5% so far. 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