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.
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.
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.
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.
Moab, Utah scores a 99 Visitor Impact Score. How a uranium boomtown on the Colorado River reinvented itself into the front door of two national parks and the spiritual home of mountain biking.
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.
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.
Thomasville, Georgia scores a Visitor Impact Score of 94 (Destination Leader). How a faded Gilded-Age winter resort manufactured a permanent identity with roses, a 340-year-old oak, and a walkable downtown that draws $86.8M a year.