Talk:Tourism in the United States

Comments
Is the gambling industry in Detroit that much of a draw? There's at least one casino in Windsor. RickK | Talk 04:26, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Gambling venues
I think it would be more appropriate to list the major cities (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, etc) in the Cities section then to list a section on gambling venues. --Gtstricky 17:24, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Newburyport
Is Newburyport, Massachusetts really a big American tourist attraction? I've never even heard of it, and I live less than 500 miles away. My guess is that someone who lives near there added because it's a regional attraction. - Big Brother is Watching


 * It looks like someone in their chamber of commerce or tourism dept. has decided to use the town's wiki article as an ad of some sort. Something makes me think that putting it between Miami and New York wasn't a subtle way to do it. Desk Jockey

Standards for Addition?
Just wondering, before this article gets out of hand, what standards are being used for Natural Wonders, Cities, etc? Just curious if I should start to expand the list or not. --Dschor 22:10, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree. Everything in this article seems arbitrary to me. Nationalparks 05:11, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Since no one has responded in over a month, I've tagged the article as needing cleanup, and that's it's pov. Nationalparks 23:21, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Merged from List of popular tourist regions
Alaska That list is too long, this material should go on this page, if needed. Kevlar67 22:22, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Anaheim, California - Disneyland - Knott's Berry Farm (actually in neighboring Buena Park)
 * Atlantic City, New Jersey
 * Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Baton Rouge Zoo
 * Boothbay Harbor, Maine
 * Boston, Massachusetts
 * Branson, Missouri
 * Cape Cod, Massachusetts
 * Chicago
 * Central Virginia -- Monticello, Civil War Battlefields, Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown
 * Florida - Cape Canaveral, Miami Beach, Walt Disney World, Emerald Coast, Florida Keys, Key West
 * Grand Canyon, Arizona
 * Hawaii
 * Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
 * Hollywood, California
 * Johnson Space Center, Clear Lake, Texas
 * Lake Erie Islands - Cedar Point - Put-in-Bay, Ohio
 * Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada
 * Las Vegas, Nevada
 * Los Angeles, California
 * Mall of America
 * Miami, Florida
 * Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
 * New Orleans, Louisiana
 * New York City
 * Niagara Falls, New York
 * Northern Michigan - Mackinac Island and beaches
 * Orlando, Florida
 * Outer Banks, North Carolina - Kitty Hawk and beaches
 * Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania
 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Liberty Bell
 * San Antonio, Texas - The Alamo, San Antonio River Walk
 * San Francisco, California
 * San Jacinto Monument, San Jacinto, Texas
 * Savannah, Georgia
 * Seattle, Washington - Space Needle, Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square, Seattle Underground, Woodland Park Zoo
 * SeaWorld, Orlando, Florida
 * Utah - Salt Lake City, Park City, Lake Powell, Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Monument Valley, Temple Square
 * Washington, D.C. - The National Mall
 * Wisconsin Dells
 * Yellowstone National Park
 * Yosemite National Park, California

Statistics please
This article should look at things from an economic perspective, more than from the perspective of a tourist guide. It needs some statistics on visitor numbers, revenues etc. Felix Han 17:21, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree. I came here specifically looking for quantification of tourism and its economic impact but did not find it. Brian Pearson (talk) 04:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Also, history of major resorts, such as Newport, RI, Saratoga, southern spas, etc--or at least mention of such historic resorts, such as Macinac Island. Viewed even nationally (which seems to be the limit of this article), let alone globally, this is a huge subject, requiring more topical sections (e.g mountain resorts, seaside resorts, Great Lakes resorts, Florida resorts.....). The present "Resorts" article seems to define that subject as "modern resort hotels." It appears to be a commercial directory. 69.202.108.15 23:04, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Decline in foreign tourists
Is it noteworthy that post-9/11 US tourism declined because of government (esp. US customs) attitude?

Sources can be found at http://www.poweroftravel.org/media.aspx, the site of a US travel-industries lobby group.

Key findings from their studies such as "Travelers to the U.S. are more afraid of U.S. government officials than the threat of terrorism or crime." and "Two-thirds of travelers surveyed fear they will be detained at the border because of a simple mistake or misstatement." aren't really positive for US tourism. (Source: http://www.poweroftravel.org/release-11-20-06.aspx) Syrion 15:47, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Split
The cities section should be split, before it gets too long. There are very many "tourist cities" in the United States and I believe it would make more sense to move it to a new article. Also, I know I used the wrong tag, but I'm not sure what the right one is. Mynameisnotpj (talk) 12:39, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Starting from scratch (my rewrite)
I came across this article recently, and, honestly, there's no content at all. So, I've taken it upon myself to write a completely new article. What has been done so far is here: User:Wackymacs/Tourism in the United States. Any feedback appreciated. My rewrite is far from complete, but I aim to complete it within a month or so. — Wackymacs ( talk  ~  edits ) 09:56, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks incedibly good. I removed most of the content as it was mostly lists of places in the U.S. I knew that by stubbifying it it would draw attention to the very important subject. Bravo! I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 19:19, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I have uploaded my rewrite to the article main space. It is incomplete, but provides sufficient information so far. I am going to continue my work on the rewrite. — Wackymacs ( talk  ~  edits ) 19:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Environmental Impact - Appropriate contribution?
I'd like to make a contribution to this page regarding the environmental impact of tourism in the United States, especially regarding certain subjects as oil prices and usage, use of national parks, etc. I'm still doing research on the subject, but first I wanted to know if it would be an appropriate contribution to this page. I may post my full contribution tomorrow for peer editing/fact check. --GooberJoovies (talk) 06:30, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds good! Please make sure to fully reference your work, and see WP:CITE on how to use footnotes. — Wackymacs ( talk  ~  edits ) 07:08, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Table
Near the end of the article there is a table which seems to show projected number of visitors to the USA in the next few years. This needs to be explained better. Also, aren't the numbers in the thousands not the millions? Thanks. Redddogg (talk) 14:13, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

September 11 attacks
I suggest to remove the following sentence:

"Terrorists used four commercial airliners as weapons of destruction, all of which were destroyed in the attacks with 3,000 casualties."

Does not ad anything to the subject and everyone knows what happened that day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.181.160.119 (talk) 13:45, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Merge of Attractions section into new article
The article Tourist attractions in the United States is too large to merge into this article, so I merged the (rather puny) "Attractions" section in this article into that one. Simesa (talk) 14:34, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Section headed "Forecast"
The table shows "The US Department of Commerce forecasts (in thousands)". What are these figures? Dollars expenditure? Dollar income? Passenger arrivals? Passenger departures? This really needs to be explained in the introduction to the table. I'd add information, but I don't know what the information is. Ondewelle (talk) 11:31, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism - let's keep an eye out
There is an obvious case of vandalism in the first sentence of the article.

The text presently reads: "ourists visit the US to see natural wonders, cities, histori a bunch of garbage c landmarks and entertainment venues."

I'm not a highly experienced editor and I have no knowledge of what the proper anti-vandalism protocols are. Therefore I'm just leaving everything alone and letting those with more knowledge and experience take action. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Poihths (talk • contribs) 13:53, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Tourism from India, China
There appears to be a massive influx of Indian (and possibly chinese and japanese) tourists in the western us. some news articles highlight the current admins efforts to increase tourism from India, if not other nations. This should be reported on here. on a recent trip to crater lake, oregon, upwards of 50% or more of the tourists were of Indian subcontinent extraction. pretty amazing. I remember when it was mostly germans about 20 years ago. The us is definitely a top destination, esp. national parks.(mercurywoodrose)76.254.32.160 (talk) 07:42, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

German article de:Tourismus in den USA
Hi, anyone willing to support creating a German language article of this? We could start with something more compact. de:Tourismus in den Vereinigten Staaten is the suggested title. Cheers, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 14:08, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Table showing admissions by country
This table is not accurate, at least for Canada. It is based on nonimmigrant admissions (I-94 only) but most Canadians don't use I-94. The table shows 11.6 million tourists from Canada to the U.S. in 2015. However, data from the National Travel and Tourism Office shows 20.7 million overnight visitors from Canada in 2015. Perhaps this data would be better to use. It's located here: http://travel.trade.gov/view/m-2015-I-001/index.asp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garryoak (talk • contribs) 18:45, 24 January 2017 (UTC)