Raleigh is Becoming a Tourist Destination?! (Article) (Greensboro, Cary: condo, hotel)

[dariusxiv]

Tourist dollars surge recently adding billions into the local economy.

Concerts, sports, food, cultural events and nice people cited as prime drivers for visitors.

Quite surprising:

https://abc11.com/nc-raleigh-wake-co...rism/13665347/

[uncchgrad]

Originally Posted by dariusxiv

Tourist dollars surge recently adding billions into the local economy.

Concerts, sports, food, cultural events and nice people cited as prime drivers for visitors.

Quite surprising:

https://abc11.com/nc-raleigh-wake-co...rism/13665347/

I can see this being the case. I live in a downtown condo and in the last 5 or so years i've seen tons of groups walking around downtown touring places like the Warehouse district and Glenwood South. These groups are clearly not locals.

[goldenage1]

Originally Posted by uncchgrad

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These groups are clearly not locals.

Do they appear to be Asian or European? Just curious.

[919 rtp]

I'm all for a road trip weekend so I can see staying someplace like Raleigh and touring the area.

I know people who have expiring airline miles/points and will pick a location based on how far they can go and hotel availability for a weekend.

[DeepImpact]

Thank goodness they won't be coming to Cary. As everyone knows, Cary is vanilla

[D217]

Raleigh is getting super weird..

[pierretong1991]

For events/festivals in general - sure. Hotel rooms throughout the area were sold out during Dreamville.

Otherwise? Probably not much so.

[skempter]

Originally Posted by goldenage1

Do they appear to be Asian or European? Just curious.

And more importantly, how would one necessarily differentiate a European tourist from a European local? The article mentions out-of-towners, so maybe there's an iPhone app where we can snap a photo of a suspected tourist, and AI is used to determine not only their ethnic background, but whether they are local versus from Greensboro? Hmm...

[ozmoe571]

Originally Posted by goldenage1

Do they appear to be Asian or European? Just curious.

They're all African. Hope that satisfies your curiosity.

[Mr. Big]

Originally Posted by goldenage1

do they appear to be asian or european? Just curious.

lol