Comments on: Tourism Impact in the Adirondacks

By: Dear Everybody — Adirondack Base Camp

Dear Everybody — Adirondack Base Camp — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:20:43 +0000

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By: City Mouse

City Mouse — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:43:00 +0000

Interesting point. To support it: Most of the visitors I see or meet in Saranac Lake are using it as a budget-alternative base to go to events/attractions in other places.

By: TourPro

TourPro — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:08:15 +0000

Don’t forget Newcomb, Schroon Lake, and rest of the “Adirondack Coast”.

Saranac Lake does have an unusual situation being part of two counties. I don’t think either really give it a fair shake in promotion, it is mostly being done by the chamber there. I don’t think it is bad not being a tourist town, but everyplace should have tourist-friendly elements.

By: City Mouse

City Mouse — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:50:04 +0000

The Lake Placid/Outside Lake Placid conundrum is always interesting to me.

Keene/KV does well, and Wilmington/Jay don’t seem to do too badly. Saranac Lake sort of sits out there weirdly by itself. I saw plenty of weekends this season with *no one* on the street and plenty of vacancies everywhere in town. Silly SL. We think we’re a tourist town. We aren’t.

Although SL straddles Essex and Franklin, so I guess you’d have to split the difference anyway.