ORLANDO-Airline passenger counts at Orlando International Airport fell 9.5% in May but hotel occupancy levels at 65.7% for the week ended June 15 is ahead of most major destination areas, Smith Travel Research reports.

Orlando's occupancy level was down by 2.8% versus a year ago. New York, with a positive 4.9% increase and an 83% occupancy, was the only gainer for the monitored week. Chicago, with a 73.2 occupancy, was down only 1.7% from June 15, 2001, the Hendersonville, TN-based researcher shows.

The Tampa-St. Petersburg market, 80 miles west of Downtown Orlando, was 10.1% off from a year ago with a 58.5% occupancy.

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