It seems that Anna Maria Island can still draw in the crowds, despite the global recession hitting home.
Figures released recently by the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and covered in The Islander, suggest occupancy was at 41.3 percent for November 2008, up slightly from the 40.5 percent reported for the same month in 2007. The Islander also reports December occupancy also rose when compared with December 2007.
The BACVB reported occupancy of Island accommodation units for December 2008 at 39.6 per cent, a 2.6 per cent gain from the 37 per cent reported in November 2007. For all of 2008, occupancy of Island accommodation units was virtually unchanged from 2007. The BACVB reported a 57.6 per cent occupancy rate for 2008 against a 57.5 for 2007.
However, it also states that while occupancy was going up on the island, the average daily rate was headed in the opposite direction, from $143.23 in December 2008 to $154.02 for the same month in 2007.
Seems like the ideal reason to rent a vacation unit from Anna Maria Vacations, the island's premier source of luxury vacation accommodation.
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