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I’d say Faneuil Hall as part of freedom trail is Boston’s largest tourist destination..nationally and internationally...it gets 17 mill per year which is similar to Golden Gate Bridge..prob not as recognizable but certainly more of an attraction of history buffs
Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall are nice and have a lot of tourism, but that stat almost certainly includes office workers that walk through on the way to work or have lunch there 200 times a year and so on.
Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall are nice and have a lot of tourism, but that stat almost certainly includes office workers that walk through on the way to work or have lunch there 200 times a year and so on.
Which is too bad, really. It’d be nice if Boston had a more immediately recognizable landmark.
Though I would add the Swan Boats and the “Make Way for Ducklings” statues to our list of potentially recognizable things. They wind up on a lot of our post cards, but I don’t know how well known they are.
Me neither to be perfectly honest. I’ve always thought of Alcatraz as a good thing to do in San Francisco, but not necessarily a reason to visit San Francisco.
i would think that tourists would recognize quincy market moreso than fanuil hall.
Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall are nice and have a lot of tourism, but that stat almost certainly includes office workers that walk through on the way to work or have lunch there 200 times a year and so on.
As somebody who's first job was on Water Street which is right near Quincy Market. (1 Liberty Sq). (The building was in the Bruce Willis movie Surrogates, which I've still never seen). In the winter I might go there. In the summer avoid it like there was an Ebola outbreak.
As somebody who's first job was on Water Street which is right near Quincy Market. (1 Liberty Sq). (The building was in the Bruce Willis movie Surrogates, which I've still never seen). In the winter I might go there. In the summer avoid it like there was an Ebola outbreak.
I work a 5 minute walk from Faneuil. I NEVER go there. Most people who live and work in the area don't. It's always packed with tourists who are slow, walk 5 across, and stop abruptly to gawk. The stores and restaurants aren't great and are overpriced. I seriously doubt that office workers picking up lunch pad those tourism numbers in any meaningful way.
As somebody who's first job was on Water Street which is right near Quincy Market. (1 Liberty Sq). (The building was in the Bruce Willis movie Surrogates, which I've still never seen). In the winter I might go there. In the summer avoid it like there was an Ebola outbreak.
When I worked down there, I never went in, maybe just a couple times to the Starbucks (but there are certainly a plethora of Starbucks in the area).
Nobody in their right mind would eat at Faneuil Hall when Al's is mere steps away.
Which blows my mind. What exactly do people do there? Watch breakdancers and eat at a mall food court?
People that live in Boston and have done the history thing repeatedly may look at Faneuil Hall as a place with just food and street acts...the millions visiting are looking at sites that were crucial in leading to American revolution..sounds more important to me than a prison or cable cars
People that live in Boston and have done the history thing repeatedly may look at Faneuil Hall as a place with just food and street acts...the millions visiting are looking at sites that were crucial in leading to American revolution..sounds more important to me than a prison or cable cars
I really don't think most visitors are all that scholarly.
I really don't think most visitors are all that scholarly.
If their not going to Fanieul Hall for the history, are they going there for the expensive food court?
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