So 55% is all you need to run a successful hotel? What about almost half of the people coming from elsewhere? Without those people PC would look like the North Coast. A small amount of broken down hotels with no business. I know it is hard for you to comprehend that in the summer PC still thrives, as other winter vacation spots die................
You're making absolutely no sense at all. If, as you say, without the 45%, PC would look like the North Coast, then without the 55% - PC wouldn't even exist. The number of tourists in PC in the summer has nothing to do with what we're talking about.
Out of 3,944,536 total tourists going to PC, you have 2,191,764 from North America. That means you have 1,752,772 coming from everywhere else. That's 438,992 LESS tourists coming the the entire rest of the world than from North America. That's huge!
Or, look at it this way. If 55% of the tourists are from North America vs 45% for the rest, that means that out of every $100 tourist dollars spent, $55 dollars come from North America vs $45 for the rest. Simple math tells you that, as a hotel owner, you're getting 22% more revenue from North America vs the rest. That's huge!
Or, look at the numbers dv8 just posted(#70). In round numbers for 2018 in PC there were 1,500,000 Americans vs 1,000,000 Europeans. 50% more tourists from the US vs Europe! 50% more tourists means 50% more revenue from the US than from Europe.
Re-read what I've said and let it sink in a while. It's absolutely crystal clear that PC relies more heavily on tourists from North America than the entire rest of the world. That's not to say the rest of the world doesn't matter, but hotels are receiving 22% more revenue from North America than the entire rest of the world. The numbers don't lie.
