Can you name the Top States for Overseas Travelers? by katie937

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Top States for Overseas Travelers Quiz

by katie937

Created Jan 28, 2010 in Geography
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	artofthestate:	Jan 29th, 2010 at 14:06 GMT	6 points
	poor score on this one... hawaii didn't even cross my mind. nice one.

	cuendillar:	Jan 29th, 2010 at 14:51 GMT	3 points
	Some of these states are clearly on the list due to a single city...

	thamesx2:	Jan 29th, 2010 at 17:56 GMT	0 points
	Interesting results. I wonder how many of these people are visiting family or on business and not just there for tourism. Like Michigan, I know it has some great summer resorts along the coast but why would someone from another country, not counting Canada, want to travel so far to get there. The same goes for my home state of Georgia, whenever I see foreign tourist in Atlanta I wonder why the hell they would travel internationally to come visit. It really depends on what defines a tourist and how the data was gathered. If I travel to London on business and decide to visit the Tower of London one night while I'm there how should I be categorized?

	Geo_Crazy:	Jan 29th, 2010 at 19:10 GMT	1 point
	Amazing that New York gets more tourists than California. New York City must get more business tourists than San Francisco and Los Angeles (and San Diego and Sacramento) combined.

	jellyfishmonster:	Jan 29th, 2010 at 19:14 GMT	10 points
	Even people in America don't want to go to New Jersey....

	Catherine_F:	Jun 24th, 2010 at 19:39 GMT	5 points
	It says travelers, not tourists - the source specifies the inclusion of pleasure and business travelers, those in transit via the US, and students. That makes most of the results quite understandable.

	Fidelio:	Jul 2nd, 2010 at 19:25 GMT	13 points
	It's not "amazing" that New York gets more tourists than California. Flights to New York from Europe are a hell of a lot cheaper and shorter than flights to anywhere in California - and a lot of international tourists are coming from Europe. Also, for most visitors to America, New York City is undoubtedly highest on the list of cities they want to see.

	fortunateizzi:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 04:10 GMT	1 point
	New Jersey?? Really?

	DResq:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 04:46 GMT	7 points
	New Jersey must get a lot of visitors coming down from New York. NJ also has Atlantic City. and lets not forget about The Situation and Snookie....

	jayke:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 10:44 GMT	1 point
	New Jersey: Six Flags Great Adventure & Jersey Gardens Shopping Mall.

	Hamburger:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 10:59 GMT	4 points
	East Orange is a tourist mecca

	godpaul26:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 13:16 GMT	9 points
	Arizona is about to see a drop in it's overfences travelers

	dajop:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 16:51 GMT	5 points
	New Jersey, could it be simply a data aberration of where international visitors arrive? After all Newark airport is in NJ not NY. That's why I picked it!

	sabresfan:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 18:04 GMT	9 points
	Aside from NYC, New York also gets a very substantial number of international visitors to Niagara Falls.

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	yemen1200:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 19:07 GMT	2 points
	actually north jersey is quite nice, plus has the added benefit of having hundreds of hotels within minutes of nyc. a lot of travelers stay in nj when going to the city

	snood199:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 19:59 GMT	5 points
	NJ has beaches and suburbs of New York and Philadelphia...probably most of the overseas travelers are people flying to Newark, as people have suggested, but the proximity to Philly can't hurt.

	dlte:	Jul 4th, 2010 at 02:42 GMT	2 points
	Georgia is only there because of Atlanta's airport

	TeganX7:	Jul 4th, 2010 at 04:06 GMT	8 points
	Given that I would bet that Washington (as a city) would be high on a list of cities, I am surprised to not find Virginia and/or Maryland on this list. Good idea for a quiz.

	jaspa:	Jul 4th, 2010 at 04:59 GMT	7 points
	Interesting. This list obtained data from 2000 through 2008. That means Utah made the list as a direct result of the 2002 Winter Olympics.

	jaehak:	Jul 4th, 2010 at 18:22 GMT	1 point
	yep, probably a lot of the "strange" ones on the list like NJ, Michigan, GA are there because those states all have large airports. i was also surprised to see VA not on the list, especially since it contains Dulles airport.

	Blaise:	Jul 5th, 2010 at 00:08 GMT	3 points
	New Jersey is no surprise. Coastal states are the first ones I guessed

	confused:	Jul 6th, 2010 at 03:32 GMT	4 points
	Utah goes beyond the olympics. I think a lot of foreigners travel the national parks through AZ and UT.

	ThisBirdHasFlown:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 05:55 GMT	4 points
	I dont see how michigan is a strange one. And the only reason someone would go to detroit is for the auto industry, and as it turns out that is a lot of lot of people. We're the great lakes state! thats why people come here!

	DJ_Donkeypunch:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 18:10 GMT	6 points
	Another thing pushing Michigan up on the list is Michigan State University which I recall reading that it is one of the schools with the most foreign students. Also, the auto industry attracts a lot of business travelers to Michigan all year long from places like Japan, the UK, and Germany.

	multislack:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 02:18 GMT	1 point
	Utah, really?

	SomeoneRandom:	Feb 7th, 2012 at 18:48 GMT	1 point
	@multislack: Utah has five amazing National Parks. That's why I guessed it.

	Riko:	Feb 8th, 2012 at 00:56 GMT	2 points
	The South Jersey shore (the ones New Yorkers don't go to) get TONS of Canadians, especially Québécois. Also Cape May in South Jersey gets bird and butterfly watcher from all over the world during the fall migration. Once you get away from New York and Philly, Jersey actually has a surprising amount of forests and farms. It's quite nice actually.