‘There’s no place like Tampa’: Florida’s Tampa Bay welcomes entire town of Tampa, Kansas

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – From one Tampa to a different, Tampa Bay is welcoming the entire town of Tampa, Kansas, to expertise Florida residing.

With the assistance of Visit Tampa Bay and Southwest Airlines, the town’s entire inhabitants of 100, was invited. On Monday, 95 of the residents touched down in sunny Florida.

Upon their arrival, town’s company had been welcomed to Tampa International Airport with a number of indicators, one of them studying, “There is no place like Tampa,” a nod to the long-lasting film “The Wizard of Oz,” which is ready in Kansas.

According to a press launch, the small rural Kansas town has solely 24 companies, together with a health middle, a hair salon, a number of eating places and a building middle.

In comparability, the Tampa Bay space, with its inhabitants of round 3 million individuals, is the 18th largest metropolitan space within the U.S., providing a number of out of doors actions, theme parks and lots of different sights for tactics to remain busy year-round.

The airport shared on its Twitter page that the Kansas residents will spend their week exploring the Florida metropolis.

The fellow Tampa residents will take pleasure in actions that can embody journeys to the zoo, aquarium, historical past and artwork facilities; consuming at Tampa’s greatest eating spots, and of course, strolling alongside the Tampa Riverwalk.