It’s clear that Amazon’s footprint is one of the main reasons the market is booming, but education and tourism are also having a significant impact on the economy.

Here is an article talking about making them pay a bed tax in Florida. http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/tourism/airb...There are more articles if you do a Search online.

Belize tourism numbers are growing and development is limited due to the island geography. 

It doesn't have the critical tourism mass, there's no middle class so no domestic demand for western-style properties and none of these is expected to change any time soon. 

Tourism is also a top industry, so short term rentals are a notable niche here as well.  

We also have a large snowbird market, and huge tourism. 

Also cities like SF has a homeless problem which is destroying it's tourism as well so multiple issues .

I am not sure what is store economically in the near future as the city is heavily reliant on tourism and oil, but the people are resilient and as an investor I have different strategies for different market cycles so think the future is bright here.

Take your own area: if not for Auburn, Fort Benning, and eco-tourism, Columbus would still be a 19th century backwater (some would say it still is!).

This is why I've never considered Vegas since it seems almost like a company town relying 90% on gambling and tourism.