More on tourism, examples from Philly and St. Augustine

(I forgot to mention that the Philadelphia Business Journal actually has a twice-monthly column on tourism. That's a beat that the Post and the Washington Business Journal need to add...)

Today's Philadelphia Inquirer has a story on the impact of the recent Dali exhibit, "Lucrative impact of Dalí show on region: Dalígoers also stayed to eat, sleep, shop and sightsee, a survey found, boosting the local economy $55 million.") AP photo.

And these articles from earlier in the week: "Turf war over, they join forces for tourism: Two agencies that sell Philadelphia to visitors are already cooperating in several ventures and have more planned," and "Philadelphia draws more Europeans."

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And if you need some beach reading, you can always read the Heritage Tourism Assessment for St. Augustine, Florida, which is up on the What's New section of the Heritage tourism section of the National Trust for Historic Preservation website (under Community Building). It's basic, but gives you an idea of what such assessments do.

We need one for DC. Granted, Cultural Tourism DC's Capital Assets by Kathy Smith is in part such a document.