Most popular states for tourism relative to their populations
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As a Michigan resident, it's probably not as bad as people think.
First, people don't usually go to hotels when they're vacationing in Michigan. It's an outdoor state. People are usually camping or RVing here. Second, geographically speaking, if you're driving across the country, you're not going through Michigan unless it's your starting point or destination state.
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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.
"For the first time, television advertisements are running in areas like Philadelphia and New York City as Delaware officials increase their state’s visibility in key markets.
Along with Philadelphia and New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, residents account for 75 percent of tourists coming to the First State, the study found. At 30 percent, Philadelphia is the largest market provider, followed by Baltimore and New York with 15 percent and 14 percent, respectively, Washington with 12 percent and Harrisburg with 5 percent.
Just over 18 percent of tourists come from New Jersey, followed by Maryland (16 percent), Pennsylvania (15.5), New York (12.7) and Delaware (12.2). About 17 percent of the visitors come from, in order, Virginia, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Ohio and Washington, D.C., according to research."
As for Alabama I am shocked but again it does make sense. Gulf Shores /Orange Beach alone has a lot of tourist. Mardi Gras in Alabama has over a million revelers within a 2 week period. Along with thebothwr attractions through out the state It does make sense. Alabama has a lot to offer in regards to tourism.
I'm shocked that Lousiana is ranked that low. Louisiana has a smaller population than Alabama and you would assume that it would have more tourist.
Living as close as you do to Utah, I'm surprised you're so clueless. America has 58 National Parks. Five of them are in Utah, and all five of them outrank more than half of the total number of parks by number of visitors annually. Tourism in Utah is HUGE. Arizona, on the other hand, doesn't fare nearly so well.
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New York and Louisiana are so low on the list but both states are so tourist oriented. Wat?
It's because the OP's methodology is inherently flawed. He's simply comparing states' ranking on the tourism list (NY is 5, LA is 29) with their (2010) population ranking. It literally tells you nothing.
California, for example, is #1 on both the tourist list and population rankings, so it's "score" is simply 0. What are we to glean from that? Does that mean California is not a popular tourist destination relative to its population? The answer is clearly no, as it receives more than 6 times as many tourists as it has residents.
A better methodology would be to simply calculate the amount of tourists a state/district receives in absolute numbers relative to its residential population, and rank those differences. You would get a much more accurate gauge of "popularity" that way.
Living as close as you do to Utah, I'm surprised you're so clueless. America has 58 National Parks. Five of them are in Utah, and all five of them outrank more than half of the total number of parks by number of visitors annually. Tourism in Utah is HUGE. Arizona, on the other hand, doesn't fare nearly so well.
Calling someone clueless and then bashing Arizona on tourism, priceless.
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