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reporter: on florida s cocoa beach, the surf director says business is booming. i d say 90% of the business is tourism. we get people from all over the country. reporter: 137 million tourists a year bring florida roughly $100 billion in revenue. supporting 1.6 million jobs. we ve got to be able to continue to attract people to come into the state. there are huge part of our economomy. reporter: all of it, at risk with each increasingly devastating hurricane. ian flooded areas of central florida, shut down theme parks, and battered the shoreline. eight months later, some parts of the state are setting new records. and liftoff. reporter: rocket launches fueling tourist spending and 72 miles of beach east of orlando. we like to say we re the only beach that doubles as a launch pad. reporter: but on the other side of the state, recovery is much slower. how is tourism pre- ian versus today? oh, my gosh. we were looking at record numbers coming in. holly smith was mayor

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