if so I have seen a steady decrease in tourism to those area over the past 20 years that I have been going there. but we may be on the verge of a revitalization of semi close vacationing due to COVID 

You have local governments that have their budgets tied to the tourism industry and so are friendly to Short term rentals.

Bend would be much more reliant on tourism and so it’s more risky, especially in this time of covid.

Charlottesville has been seeing growth in tech, research, retiree, tourism and urban flight demographics.

Unfortunately you're a little late to get in on it, but Duluth did break ground on a tiny house development project in the summer of 2021 that awarded free lots to contractors to build the structures on and they might do it again in the future, so might be something to watch out for.If you're looking outside of the city and up the shore where most of the tourism occurs, you might be able to find something more "affordable".

I was absolutely one of the people that got STR licenses for my properties just in case I choose to go back to them in the future.Both the ski area and town are projecting a huge winter of tourism.

Orlando is heavily dependent on tourism, so they will be a different market than somewhere like Fort Myers/Naples.

Seasonal tourism is steady and being a destination location it attracts more than just the nearby cities.

Hawaii has year-round tourism.

For example; targeting properties near major universities will allow you to tap into student housing tenants, targeting properties near hospitals will allow you to tap into the travel medical professional market, targeting properties near major attractions will allow you to tap into tourism and short term rental options.