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Then another poster asked and made a very true statement. . . .
Then he replied, so confidently. . . .
So Joe, thank you for playing! Furthermore, "threatened" is the last word that comes to my mind when it comes to Atlanta and New York. The ONLY point it has over NYC is that it hosted the Olympics. Ironically, that's also probably the biggest thing that happened for Atlanta. Please, for your sake and city let's move on.
I think Civil War and the burning of Atlanta was still bigger.What else is there thats bigger for a city to have had war or the Olympics?
No one outside of the United States cares about Atlanta. Atlanta has a lot of hotel rooms because Atlanta is a big convention center. Other than that, not many people go to Atlanta just to go to Atlanta. Atlanta isn't New York or Los Angeles lol.
Most visited cities by overseas travelers: New York City 9,500,000
Miami 4,000,000
Los Angeles 3,800,000
Orlando 3,700,000
San Francisco 3,005,000
Las Vegas 2,850,000
Honolulu 2,560,000
D.C. 1,700,000
Chicago 1,400,000
Boston 1,300,000
San Diego 883,000
Houston 801,000
Philadelphia 673,000
Atlanta 557,000
Atlanta was also one of the only two cities that posted decline in visitors. And it was a double-digit decrease.
Atlanta only has a 1.3% share of all leisure travelers to the U.S.A. last year:
Cities with highest % of total leisure travelers to the U.S.: NYC: 35.9%.
Orlando 15.9%
Miami 15.7%
Honolulu: 13.1%
Las Vegas 12.9%
Los Angeles 11.8%
San Francisco 10.9%
Washington DC 5%
Boston - 3.6%
Chicago - 3%
San Diego 2.7%
Houston 1.5%
Atlanta 1.3%
A few points about your post.This data is from 2013.NOT last year as you alleged.These list change often for those cities not in the top 10.
In 2010 Atlanta had a 2.4% market share and 25% increase in travel. http://travel.trade.gov/outreachpage...and_Cities.pdf
Atlanta is in good company considering its just in the same with cities that are traditonally "leisure" type cities.It shows that apparently enough people are considering Atlanta for more than just business as its international profile grows.
Its no secret Atlanta is only now recovering from the recession.I can imagine when the new umbers come out,they will be better like before.
A few points about your post.This data is from 2013.NOT last year as you alleged.These list change often for those cities not in the top 10.
In 2010 Atlanta had a 2.4% market share and 25% increase in travel. http://travel.trade.gov/outreachpage...and_Cities.pdf
Atlanta is in good company considering its just in the same with cities that are traditonally "leisure" type cities.It shows that apparently enough people are considering Atlanta for more than just business as its international profile grows.
Its no secret Atlanta is only now recovering from the recession.I can imagine when the new umbers come out,they will be better like before.
2010 was 5 years ago and the list I posted is the most up to date one.
2010 was 5 years ago and the list I posted is the most up to date one.
Still old and my point is the list has changed.Its not gonna stay the same so it matter more that Atlanta can and has attracted more international travelers than present which means that there is a draw.The recession hit Atlanta harder than many cities but it still does not tale away the fact that its market share has been higher than cities that or more well know for leisure.It less than an percentage point from other cities that are higher on the list.Thats not a huge difference.However I am curious what caused such a sharp drop.
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