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This is something that I don't think Central and WNY sell themselves well enough on. We have fantastic tourist attractions. From Rochester's perspective, it has so much history too. With Susan B. Anthony being perhaps the most important woman in American history living in Rochester, and Frederick Douglas being one of the most influential African Americans during the Abolitionist movement, we need to sell that history more as a tourist attraction. With the Erie Canal cruises, the museums honoring Susan B. Anthony, George Eastman. The famous graves in Mt Hope Cemetary, which is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the US, and I know Rochester did create a little sidewalk trail called the "Heritage Trail", similar in concept to Boston's Freedom trail, but we just don't do enough. Boston has an entire tourist industry built around its history. There's no reason WNY, Central NY, Rochester, Syracuse, etc couldn't do the same. Upstate NY was pretty much the home to the beginning of the expansion and prosperity in America outside of the colonies and after the Revolutionary war. It has so much history. We need to sell that better!
This is something that I don't think Central and WNY sell themselves well enough on. We have fantastic tourist attractions. From Rochester's perspective, it has so much history too. With Susan B. Anthony being perhaps the most important woman in American history living in Rochester, and Frederick Douglas being one of the most influential African Americans during the Abolitionist movement, we need to sell that history more as a tourist attraction. With the Erie Canal cruises, the museums honoring Susan B. Anthony, George Eastman. The famous graves in Mt Hope Cemetary, which is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the US, and I know Rochester did create a little sidewalk trail called the "Heritage Trail", similar in concept to Boston's Freedom trail, but we just don't do enough. Boston has an entire tourist industry built around its history. There's no reason WNY, Central NY, Rochester, Syracuse, etc couldn't do the same. Upstate NY was pretty much the home to the beginning of the expansion and prosperity in America outside of the colonies and after the Revolutionary war. It has so much history. We need to sell that better!
Yeah, there is so much history up here that even long time residents don't even know about, that could be used for tourism. What makes it more interesting is that the history can appeal to a wide range of people. Even Revolutionary War history is present in the Saratoga area and people may not realize that Albany is one of the oldest cities in the country. Things like that should be used to promote areas across the state and is kind of why I post the way I do, actually.
These are the most recent numbers, if I'm not mistaken.
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