Astoria, Oregon scores 84 (On the Map) on the CCD Visitor Impact Score. The oldest American town west of the Rockies turned 200 years of river and Hollywood history into a visitor economy now driving 42% of local jobs and $125.6M in spending.
Durango, Colorado earns a Visitor Impact Score of 96 (Destination Leader). How a small mountain town turned one protected steam railroad into a No. 1 ranked travel destination with a $474.6M visitor economy.
Hilton Head Island, SC scores a 94 Visitor Impact Score (Destination Leader). How a Lowcountry barrier island turned restraint, a candy-striped lighthouse, the RBC Heritage, and Gullah heritage into a 2.8-billion-dollar visitor economy.
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania scores 82 on the Visitor Impact Score: a walkable square mile of 853 historic buildings, a 1941 Art Deco cinema, a market running since 1937, and Bucknell energy on the Susquehanna.
Page, Arizona scores 72 (On the Map) on the Visitor Impact Score. How a 7,400-person company town built in 1957 to pour Glen Canyon Dam became the gateway to Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon, and Lake Powell.
Elko, Nevada scores a Visitor Impact Score of 75 (On the Map). A high-desert railroad and gold town that turned the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the Basque festival, and the Ruby Mountains into a one-of-one identity no rival can copy.
A Blue Ridge boomtown scoring 98 (Destination Leader) on the CCD Visitor Impact Score: the largest private home in America, one of the Southeast’s best-preserved Art Deco downtowns, and the densest craft-beer scene in the nation.