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Each city is somewhat different, if we're talking about the cities that placed on the Forbes ranking. For instance, Anaheim obviously has more leisure and convention-related tourists than business tourists. The same would apply for places like Orlando and Las Vegas.
Not sure what year these numbers are from; I want to say around 2006 or so.
You can see that business travelers disproportionately account for much of Charlotte's tourism dollars. They only account for 35% of all tourists, yet 50% of the tourism revenue.
But how does that compare to other cities is my point? For example, I recall another poster suggesting Richmond, VA had a larger toursit industry than us, they do not, but they do have roughly just as many Fortune 500 companies as us. Again, Charlotte gets a lot of business travelers, but so do a lot of cities.
But how does that compare to other cities is my point? For example, I recall another poster suggesting Richmond, VA had a larger toursit industry than us, they do not, but they do have roughly just as many Fortune 500 companies as us. Again, Charlotte gets a lot of business travelers, but so do a lot of cities.
Not sure about other cities; it was hard enough for me to find that information about Charlotte, LOL. I don't know of any site that has all of that information in a central location, so it will be difficult to get the same data for different cities. I just referenced the Charlotte figures to show that business travel contributes a great deal to our tourism dollars.
I suspect that the poster who talked about Richmond having a larger tourism industry was coming at it from the angle of sightseeing, historical sites, etc.--the "typical" things we think of when we think about tourism, as in actually touring things.
Not sure about other cities; it was hard enough for me to find that information about Charlotte, LOL. I don't know of any site that has all of that information in a central location, so it will be difficult to get the same data for different cities. I just referenced the Charlotte figures to show that business travel contributes a great deal to our tourism dollars.
I suspect that the poster who talked about Richmond having a larger tourism industry was coming at it from the angle of sightseeing, historical sites, etc.--the "typical" things we think of when we think about tourism, as in actually touring things.
Yeah, but the "typical tourism" things don't draw people like Concord Mills for example.
quote "Concord Mills is North Carolina’s largest tourist attraction bringing in over 15 million visitors a year." Concord Mills NC
Sawgrass Mills (Concord Mills' older cousin in South Florida) has 12 million visitors per year by comparison. Obviously, 3 million more folks in South Florida has better things to do than go to the mall lol!
Still, it is pretty sad when malls attract that many more visitors than museums.
Yeah, but the "typical tourism" things don't draw people like Concord Mills for example.
quote "Concord Mills is North Carolina’s largest tourist attraction bringing in over 15 million visitors a year." Concord Mills NC
Sawgrass Mills (Concord Mills' older cousin in South Florida) has 12 million visitors per year by comparison. Obviously, 3 million more folks in South Florida has better things to do than go to the mall lol!
Still, it is pretty sad when malls attract that many more visitors than museums.
Exactly. That's why I'll be glad when our cultural campus is up and running so we can bring in more of that type of tourism.
That's mainly due to business travel and the convention industry, and special events like the CIAA tournament help as well. In particular, Charlotte has been doing much better with large scale conventions lately, especially since the new Uptown arena debuted. And one should never underestimate the advantages that come along with having one of the busiest airports in the nation.
Two big banking towns in which there was considerable building booms in each city,which Downtown is more impressive? What is the Iconic building of each city? What building stands out the most and why?
Overall I would say Miami has a more impressive looking skyline...though Charlotte's has grown quickly.
That's a weird statement considering so many more people live in Miami. Guess those extra several million people don't really want to live there?
Miami is miserable. Almost every last caucasian has left. The quality of life is nothing like Charlotte offers - people think Miami is like how it's portrayed on tv - and its not, it's one of the poorest cities in the US, high crime, terrible road rage, and very unfriendly/ticked off NY'ers and foreigners.
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