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True, but where I think Toronto edges both out however is night foot traffic, mainly because of Dundas Square and the Entertainment district. Neither SF or Chicago have that, as their nightlife is scattered more about town. Does it equal the difference in the daytime? Hard to tell.
They are definitely including that. If somebody stays the night in Chicago from Schaumburg they are counted as a domestic tourist. The best metric to determine a cities popularity is international visitors b/c the same agency tracks them.
Does anyone have a list of world cities ranking based on international tourist ?
Where do Chicago NYC and others fall ?
I think in the East Coast, NYC pulls so many visitors, it renders the rest of the cities relatively insignificant, including a place as iconic as DC. Whereas the West Coast shares its major cities of SF and LA better.
NYC: 9,107,000
Miami: 3,482,000
Los Angeles: 3,393,000
Orlando: 3,184,000
San Fran: 2,798,000
Las Vegas: 2,708,000
Honolulu: 2,232,000
Washington DC: 1,756,000
Chicago: 1,369,000
Boston: 1,250,000
San Diego: 774,000
Atlanta: 655,000
Ha - just looked at the numbers and realized they must be pulling different stats for the states and the cities....because the sum of the Cali and Florida cities exceeds their state totals. Who knows.
Here is a list of international arrivals, should give you a rough idea. SF is #44 in the world. Chicago doesn't crack the top 100.
Quite the interesting list....Burgas, Bulgaria and Varna, Bulgaria both get more visitors than Washington DC? I've been to Marraketch and Florence and I find it VERY hard to believe that Marraketch would get 13% more tourists than Florence, Italy. Marraketch was still very "exotic" and underdeveloped for tourists. I saw some there, but come on....compared to Florence where I've visited anywhere from February to April to September where it's always PACKED.
Philly would probably have as many high rise buildings as NYC or Chicago, if not for a ridiculous law that prohibited the construction of buildings higher than the statue of William Penn's, atop of City Hall. Philly didn't get a building higher than about 500 ft. until 1987.
Just a little trivia I thought I'd throw in.
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