I’m in a tourist heavy area.

It would be in my local market.For one reason, because I live in a tourist town.

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: Prescott AZ  I Second Prescott, I built homes there for years. lots of tourists from Phoenix and Tucson from April through December.  

But we figured we could make it work both in the tourist season and by working directly with the large employers in town.We then had a friend ask to rent it out, as they were living with mom and had just gotten divorced. 

We identified neighborhoods that were in attraction tourist destinations with attractions and highly ranked restaurants within walking distance.

With the growth we are experiencing, not all STR are tourists..so lots of opportunities to capture IT, infrastructure, nurses etc that need longer term housing.

There is no real tourist draw in Lakeland and there is no major business inflow there either.  

So you can buy cheap rentals in the most touristic cities like Rome, Florence and Venice and make great money on short-term rentals.

Most of the markets within a 4 hour radius are either just as expensive (tourist/mountain towns), or are so rural that there just aren't a lot of options for deals and not a super reliable tenant base.

Geneva On The Lake (GOL) is a relatively popular tourist destination (with no signs of decline) and for that reason slightly more expensive- so you could expect that the workers who keep GOL going might look to rent in Geneva.