Anyone know which of these cities have the best earning potential, which attracts the most tourist.

i  just started it out last year with 2 STRS and i am primarily more interested in good tourist spots.. houses which are safe bets ..with a full time job the pace of adding STRs is very slow for me.. i have only marketed my STRs on Airbnb..which i guess travelling workers and tourists both avail off.. i had no idea that there is a different world out there catering to just short term travellers..Originally posted by @Paul Sandhu:If you want to rent to travelling workers (refinery contractors for me), I'm the resident expert.  23 STRs, 83 beds, 1500 former and current tenants. 

We have privacy like @Rhonda Blue mentions and our guests do love that, but most mention the general mountain views, the hot-tub and its access to the tourist stuff and the SMNP.

Places like Branson or Pigeon Forge, STR regulations is never going to be an issue because these are tourist towns.

I’d personally recommend buying a property close enough to a town with some stores, restaurants, and services so you will attract a wider variety of tourists to support your vacation rental.

Navarre Beach is a great location with much less tourist activity then say Destin in the summer months.  

Most our restaurants are closed 1-2 days a week and working shorter hours and using smaller menus because they are short-staffed, even in the winter without tourists!

All that said it was a learning experience and where we live we can STR in the tourist/summer months and make close to $5k/month on it.

The appreciation in the market here is tremendous and the tourist sector is still breaking records even after COVID records were set. 

Tourist explosions?