
What is the Most Popular State People Travel to From Connecticut?
I love to travel and I love meeting people along my travels. Making small talk along the journey and hearing what part of the world people are from always interests me. I just came home from a trip so my brain is still in vacation mode which has me thinking, "what is the most popular state people from Connecticut travel to?"
I would say our surrounding states are probably the most popular and most common that people around here travel to, but I'm thinking a trip that's longer than a 5+ hour drive. I love a good trip to the Cape or Block Island, but I'm thinking a little further out.
I searched the internet to see if I can find any data. I came across a CT Insider post that had data from 2022 which I believe would still be generally similar. We were right, much of Connecticut travel is our surrounding states. But what's the most common non-local state that people travel to?
I bet you guessed it - Florida. The study shows Orlando as the highest and Miami as the second highest number of trips. Florida is convenient. It's a quick plane ride, there are so many different parts of the state that can match your needs and it's one of the most popular places for families to go.

Every time I'm in Florida and people ask where I'm from, there isn't much of a surprise when I say Connecticut. Since so many people move down there, it's not super uncommon. I love those trips where you say Connecticut and people come back with, "what's even there? I don't know a single thing in Connecticut." Well that's how I feel about Arkansas, sir.
Another interesting stat that was revealed in the article was Orlando's favorite state to travel to. And while it isn't Connecticut (I don't blame them), it is one of our neighbors. New York City is Orlando's favorite non-local destination to travel.
It was no surprise that Orlando topped that list. I wonder what would be the most popular destination if Disney World wasn't there. Hmm..
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