I prefer Ocean City because the township does a lot to drive tourism year-round.

Memphis and Indy are solid, growing markets with quite a bit of tourism (you may be able to mix in STR opportunities as well.)Things to research about the different markets are:State and local regulations on investment propertiesProperty taxes for each marketTrending areas or common problems with neighborhoods, ages/styles of homes, etc.

https://www.courier-journal.co...This is great as Kentucky's second largest business is tourism. 

I'm not an act 60 expert but I know that there are chapters of the ACT relating to tourism where your SSR could fall into.

I have them linked to all of the free advertising and tourism sites that I can find as well.I'd highly recommend doing your homework, but hope that some of this helps you in your decision.

Occupancy Tax: 14% California Tourism Fee: 3% Los Angeles Tourism Fee: 2%

I can find out; it just takes a little more research on my end :-)Hawaii (Beach):Tourism: Hawaii had almost 10 million visitors in 2019, and most of them were from the US.Occupancy Rates: In 2019, vacation rentals in Hawaii were occupied around 72% of the time on average.Rental Rates: The prices varied depending on which island you're on.

Latest tally suggests over 2000 homes destroyed, in addition to the bulk of the local businesses that were largely driven by tourism and Maui's island wide annual influx of 200,000 to 300,000 tourists.

(im biased) but also close enough to capture the vegas strip tourism as well.

Tourism is the worst.