They provide(d) a contact point for many rental homes, local jobs, brought in tourist dollars, etc. 

Ski areas, college areas, medical, tourist ... they’re all very different.You need to decide what type of market you want and why.  

And most tourists wind up going to Waikiki.

I think it would be great If I can essentially stay there for free if I visit often because I love to surf and also Rincon Puerto Rico is growing in tourist population.  

On the other hand atlantic city is great for vacation rentals so  you can make money with the right property  . it is the opposite if Las vegas with a growing population and 45 million tourists  

Own a commercial multi-tenant building in one of the smaller towns (all within 100 miles of Atlanta) which is evolving into a tourist destination and just bought an old historic hotel building there along with 3 other partners who are also somewhat experienced investors - we plan to renovate the hotel which also contains a historic restaurant, bar and retail space from a flophouse apartment building into something cool :wink: .

Tourist there seem to be mostly American, Canadian and British, though I did run into some Chinese and Japanese.8.

I am a Real Estate Consultant for this wonderful tourist destination.

The only reason I don't start out MTM is because FL has a franchise tax(hotel tax basically due to all the tourists) on any lease that is less than 6 mo.

Hello All,My name is Robert Obniski, 23 years of age, currently residing in Wisconsin Dells, WIA bit more about myself...I was born in Chicago, IL to polish immigrant parents.When I was about 10 years old we moved to a major Midwest tourist town; Wisconsin Dells.