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Minneapolis-St Paul: largest population of Norwegian, Somali and Hmong Americans. Large convention center and a Mall of America attracting tourist from all over.
Duluth: port city, The great lakes largest port transporting Coal, Iron ore and Grain.
Rochester (MN): Home to the Mayo Clinic which is one of the best Hospitals around with people flying in from all over the world for different medical reasons
Good link. Houston's actually a lot lower on the list than I expected. I understand that it's not much of a tourist destination, but I thought family and business visits would bring it up quite a bit more. I also noticed that these stats exclude our neighbors Canada and Mexico which would probably drastically change the stats for some of these places.
True, but Miami already has regular cargo flights from Asia- Cathay Pacific and Korean Air- many times passenger flights follow- plus Asia has growing business ties to South America and there is also Orlando and other attractions that can fill seats. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Miami gets an Asian Flag carrier within the next two/three years- rumors are Tokyo Narita.
Cargo flights operate quite different from passenger operations. Cargo flights will stop at two differnt cities for cargo pick ups/drop offs before returning to their home base. I'm willing to bet that those Asain Cargo flights that land in Miami stopped at another US destination before landing in Miami. Anchorage, AK / Seattle, WA, etc.
NYC
LA
Chicago
San Francisco
Washington DC
Boston
Houston
Miami
You can choose two of the following four to complete your list
Seattle
Dallas
Atlanta
Philly
While Las Vegas and Orlando receive tons of international visitors, the thread is about importance. Fun towns they are, but not importance isn't their thing.
Galveston is part of the metro and it IS on the coast. Houston City limits actually touch the coast too. Plus there are at least 4 counties that touch the coast.
There is no too far about it. Houston is on the coast. Metro and City. Orlando and especially pittsburgh are crappy examples.The City of Orlando is what 45 miles from the coast, Houston's is ZERO!!!!!
Pittsburgh is no where near the coast but on a River
From downtown Orlando to the coast is the same distance as downtown Houston is from the coast. That's a fact. If Orlando was to expand from 100 to over 650 square miles as Houston has it would have city limits that touch the coast. The issue is the overwhelming majority of people in Houston live at least 40 miles from the nearest beach and some live more than 90 miles. Plus the 40 miles leading to Galveston are pretty rural/undeveloped. If you want to believe Houston is a coastal city in the way Miami, SF, LA, NY, and Boston area coastal cities go ahead, but I see Houston like Orlando not far from the coast but not a coastal city.
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