"Super excited" Nelly Korda urges tourists to visit her hometown Bradenton following Hurricane Milton devastation

In a reel shared by Instagram handle @visitbradentongulfislands, the No. 1 ranked women's golfer in the world, Nelly Korda shared that her hometown Bradenton was impacted by hurricanes late last year. Korda also urged people to visit her hometown as things are back to normal following the devastation caused by hurricane Milton.

“Recently my hometown Bradenton, Florida was affected by a couple of hurricanes.”

She then added,

“…but I am super excited to say that through the resilience of people in Bradenton, our beautiful beaches and restaurants are now open to the visitors. So, go out, enjoy and most importantly have fun.”

In October 2024, Florida’s Gulf Coast was hit by hurricane Milton and it spread havoc across the region. Hurricane Milton, a category 3 storm made landfall on the night of October 9 near Siesta Key, Florida. As per various news outlets, more than 20 people lost their lives due to this natural disaster.

Ever since the disaster, tourism has been limping back to normalcy in the region. Being a tourist attraction, as Korda mentioned in her reel, her hometown Bradenton also suffered economically. But with each other's cooperation, the people of Bradenton have now made it a place where visitors can come in and enjoy to their fullest.

Nelly Korda’s appeal to the world certainly can help more and more people come to that place and get Bradenton's tourism up and running again.

Nelly Korda has always shown her human side

Nelly Korda has earned an enormous following on the social media platform Instagram. Time and again whenever there is a need to raise funds, Korda takes the responsibility and appeals for donations. Recently, Korda participated in a fundraiser for those who were affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles. Not only that, Korda was among the first to donate to that charity as well.

During that time Nelly Korda encouraged her followers to donate generously to Brook Baevsky, who is better known as Chef Bae. Chef Bae is a celebrity chef and was cooking meals for the families who lost their homes due to the wildfires in Los Angeles.

On January 11, Korda asked people to remain aware of fake accounts. Nelly Korda was concerned about the increasing number of fake profiles on the internet. According to her many fake accounts are impersonating her, and asking for money from her followers. Korda clarified that she never asks for money from her followers.

On January 17 Korda signed a new sponsorship with accounting giant Ernst & Young (EY). Along with Korda and Megha Ganne are the newest Team EY signees. Last year Korda also became the eighth-highest paid female athlete as as per Forbes.