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Treetop Tourism
Just days before Earth Day, visitors to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, began lining up to experience the tourist destination’s newest attraction: Zipline Hilton Head. As the Island Packet...
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Invention and Imitation
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it is also highly lucrative. Imitation is an ironic hallmark of an industry that on one level is predicated on destinations’ ability to offer a unique...
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Touring Futurism
Seattle’s Space Needle turned 50 over the last weekend – a fitting moment, while standing on the cusp of “space tourism,” to cast our glance backward to historical visions of the future at tourist...
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A Not-So-Small World
The title of the Sherman Brothers’ tune, made famous by Disney’s use in its iconic boat ride that debuted at the 1964 New York World’s Fair before being rebuilt at Disneyland, aptly describes the small...
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Sincerest Flattery in Tourist “Lands”
Although tourist destinations often trade on their distinctive visual presence, often there is no lack of imitation to go along with the unique. Replicas of other places have long been a hallmark of...
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The Super Easy
The pageantry of New Orleans is on display for all the world as the Super Bowl returns to the Big Easy for the tenth time–tying the city with Miami as the most frequent host–and the first time since...
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French Quarter Flattery Revisited
Two years ago I posted “Sincerest Flattery in Tourist Lands,” highlighting a few notable examples of places outside New Orleans that mimic the famed French Quarter. Since that time I have discovered so...
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