Can you name the states voted the top ten US tourist destinations? by kristen58

Can you name the states voted the top ten US tourist destinations?

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Source: Global Traveler Magazine
According to a major poll, "Best of 2009", conducted by Global Traveler Magazine. The answers are the ten states people voted the best destinations based on best luxury travel accommodations.
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Top Ten US Tourism Destinations Quiz

by kristen58

Created Dec 8, 2009 in Geography
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	Fidelio:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 00:52 GMT	-1 points
	Too much time.

	fluffy:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 03:18 GMT	9 points
	Surprised not to see California on here.

	Geo_Crazy:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 03:42 GMT	2 points
	Not quite complete without California. And I thought Nevada would be #1, but it doesn't even make the list (it's behind Louisiana and Oregon?)

	kristen58:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 04:15 GMT	2 points
	Yeah, I thought CA and NV would be on here, too. I'm not really sure why they aren't.

	canucklehead:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 04:24 GMT	3 points
	there is NO way Cali doesn't make this list if it's done properly

	kristen58:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 04:26 GMT	1 point
	Ok, I looked into it more, and the Global Traveler Magazine website says that the results are based on about 26,000 people who are readers of their magazine who answered the poll. It says that their readers are experts on luxury travel. I'm guessing anyone who subscribes to Global Traveler probably does a lot of traveling and has been to a lot of different places, rather than just the places everyone has been like CA and NV.

	jmarshallg:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 07:15 GMT	3 points
	When I typed Wa I got Washington, when I type F I got Florida and when I typed O I got Oregon. What's up with that?

	adamnvillani:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 08:14 GMT	5 points
	This list is nuts. I've been to all of these states multiple times. Anybody who would pick Texas over California or Nevada is nuts. And where is Alaska? OK, maybe there aren't the luxury accommodations there, but the scenery there is up there with the best anything in the US has to offer. Arizona is a nice place and it has the Grand Canyon, but it's only #1 is you're a golf fanatic.

	RedLIon:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 17:52 GMT	2 points
	This list seems highly dubious and suspect.

	nymous:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 18:40 GMT	3 points
	It's a valid source I suppose. What's the point of arguing with a poll? The same poll chose New Orleans as the best business city in the US. Really?? Maybe I should re-locate.

	drummerchic312:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 19:51 GMT	0 points
	really New Mexico. I barley understand arizona because im from there but new mexico? That a state you drive through not too. Cali is much more fun

	newenglander:	Dec 10th, 2009 at 00:04 GMT	2 points
	california has to be on there. whatever source you used doesnt know what theyre talking

	kristen58:	Dec 10th, 2009 at 01:48 GMT	2 points
	I have a lot of negative comments, and I'm really not too thrilled with my own quiz either. This is a magazine that does a huge poll, and then comes out with their "Best of 2009" issue. It has top ten lists for tons of different travel aspects. It says that 26,000 of their readers answered the poll, and these are the results. So, I guess California did not make the top. I'm thinking that maybe the readers of this magazine are mainly business travelers, so the people weren't thinking "Well, California has Disneyland, so it's the best". That's what I'm guessing. This is actually a list that they were talking about on the news, and I was like "Oh, that would make a great sporcle" so I looked it on online. In retrospect, it maybe wasn't that great, but it is a legit source.

	Obama:	Dec 10th, 2009 at 01:52 GMT	1 point
	why do i enter F and get florida???

	Gordo:	Dec 10th, 2009 at 04:20 GMT	0 points
	My guess is that most of the subscribers to the magazine are from California, thus they don't travel there.

	lalalala:	Dec 10th, 2009 at 07:46 GMT	2 points
	haha kristen if Disneyland makes California the best, wouldn't Florida be even betteR?

	kristen58:	Dec 10th, 2009 at 19:24 GMT	0 points
	@obama: You didn't. You entered "FL" and got Florida. I tried out taking the state's initials, because I thought people would think it made it faster, but apparently it just confuses people. @lalalala: Well, I suppose so, Florida is on the list. I live on the west coast, so I've just been to Disneyland, not Disneyworld, so I can't talk from experience.

	phoenixsnow:	Dec 12th, 2009 at 05:40 GMT	3 points
	Oregon? New Mexico? What kind of stupid tourist goes to New frickin' Mexico?

	joebobs:	Jan 16th, 2010 at 04:44 GMT	4 points
	Personally, and I know others will disagree, I don't like using the abbreviations. When I wrote 'Florida' I looked up and the box just said 'ida' and I'd got Florida and Oregon.

	joe_008:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 20:52 GMT	1 point
	It should have happened to everyone, otherwise Oregon wouldn't be the 3rd most guessed

	Phillyfan362:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 22:14 GMT	-1 points
	I'm pretty sure that this includes ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, otherwise New Mexico would not be here.