Florida Governor Rick Scott says the Sunshine State had a record number of tourists in 2017, in spite of Hurricane Irma. Scott 116 million people visited Florida last year, a 3.6 percent increase over the 112.4 million visitors in 2016. Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing agency, said that included 102.3 million domestic visitors, 10.7 million overseas visitors and 3.5 million Canadian visitors.