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This article contains a list of the most popular states to visit based on online hotel bookings. The list got me to wondering about the popularity of different states relative to the size of their population, so what I did was I subtracted their 2010 population ranking from their ranking in the article above, and here are the results for each state, in order, from the most popular relative to its population to the least popular:
+37 - District of Columbia
+32 - Nevada
+30 - Hawaii
+19 - Utah
+17 - South Carolina
+16 - Wyoming
+13 - Alaska
+10 - South Dakota
+9 - Alabama
+8 - Arizona
+7 - Delaware
+6 - Colorado
+6 - Tennessee
+6 - Virginia
+5 - North Dakota
+4 - Mississippi
+4 - Montana
+2 - Florida
+1 - Wisconsin
0 - California
0 - Georgia
0 - Idaho
-1 - New Mexico
-1 - Oregon
-1 - Vermont
-2 - Iowa
-2 - Minnesota
-2 - Texas
-2 - New York
-3 - Maine
-4 - Louisiana
-4 - Rhode Island
-5 - Ohio
-6 - New Hampshire
-6 - New Jersey
-7 - Kentucky
-7 - Maryland
-7 - Massachusetts
-9 - Indiana
-10 - North Carolina
-11 - Nebraska
-12 - Missouri
-12 - Washington
-13 - Arkansas
-13 - Connecticut
-13 - Illinois
-13 - Kansas
-13 - Oklahoma
-14 - West Virginia
-16 - Pennsylvania
-23 - Michigan
This article contains a list of the most popular states to visit based on online hotel bookings. The list got me to wondering about the popularity of different states relative to the size of their population, so what I did was I subtracted their 2010 population ranking from their ranking in the article above, and here are the results for each state, in order, from the most popular relative to its population to the least popular:
Discuss.
I wish I could discuss it but I am not really sure what you are talking about! You are subtracting population from the most popular states to visit? I don't get it.
The article is interesting and the last map is actually pretty cool. It shows the state that your state likes to visit the most. Many states make a lot of sense. For instance, my state of New York shows we like to visit Florida, which is true. Illinois folks like to visit Wisconsin. But Wisconsin people like to visit Minnesota.
A few are weird like Rhode Islanders like to visit Texas more then other states. Texas more then nearby Massachusetts or New York, or a trip to warm sunny Florida? I find that very odd. Must be some reason for it.
Yeah I don't really understand how or why either but the link was interesting, some somewhat surprising results but if it's only looking at online hotel bookings that's probably kind of narrow.
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I understand your rationale (if you're still active--I know I'm bumping an older thread), but it's still a bit confusing. Plus, I'm not sure what that indicates. I think if we did actual tourist numbers relative to overall population, we might be able to 'rank' the states easier.
For example, my state of Delaware is the 45th most populous state at 945,934 (2015). In 2014, there were 8 million visitors, however, or over 8 times the actual population of the state. If we did this for every state, we could get an interesting list. New York had 19,795,791 people in 2015, and 227.5 million visitors in 2014, or about 11.5 times more visitors than the actual state population.
+37 - District of Columbia - obvious
+32 - Nevada - Las Vegas Duh
+30 - Hawaii - obvious
+19 - Utah - weird? Mormon tourism?
+17 - South Carolina - Weird?
+16 - Wyoming - Yellowstone, Jacksons Hole - I see it
+13 - Alaska - small population and a lot of natural beauty
+10 - South Dakota - Mount Rushmore, I can't think of anything else?
+37 - District of Columbia - obvious
+32 - Nevada - Las Vegas Duh
+30 - Hawaii - obvious +19 - Utah - weird? Mormon tourism?
+17 - South Carolina - Weird?
+16 - Wyoming - Yellowstone, Jacksons Hole - I see it
+13 - Alaska - small population and a lot of natural beauty
+10 - South Dakota - Mount Rushmore, I can't think of anything else?
SLC is a convention city and most of its hotel business caters to the convention crowds. That skews the tourism ranking imo.
+37 - District of Columbia - obvious
+32 - Nevada - Las Vegas Duh
+30 - Hawaii - obvious
+19 - Utah - weird? Mormon tourism? +17 - South Carolina - Weird?
+16 - Wyoming - Yellowstone, Jacksons Hole - I see it
+13 - Alaska - small population and a lot of natural beauty
+10 - South Dakota - Mount Rushmore, I can't think of anything else?
Not weird at all...Myrtle Beach/The Grand Strand and Charleston are very well-known tourist destinations that pull above their weight in terms of visitors vs. population.
+37 - District of Columbia - obvious
+32 - Nevada - Las Vegas Duh
+30 - Hawaii - obvious
+19 - Utah - weird? Mormon tourism?
+17 - South Carolina - Weird?
+16 - Wyoming - Yellowstone, Jacksons Hole - I see it
+13 - Alaska - small population and a lot of natural beauty
+10 - South Dakota - Mount Rushmore, I can't think of anything else?
What is so weird about South Carolina being on the list? Do you know anything? Ever heard of Historic Charleston, Myrtle Beach. and Hilton Head, three top tourists areas and fastest growing areas in the country.Apparently you don't get around much.
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