High Speed Rail: What You Should Know!
Kindle Edition
by William (Bill) C. McElroy (Author)
Tourism by High Speed Rail
The United States of America is one of the most visited destinations for
worldwide tourism, and most of the foreign tourist spend a thousand or more
dollars on airfare, rental cars, motels, restaurants, entry tickets, gifts,
etc., when visiting. The vast majority of these 'foreign' tourist are from
countries like Japan, China, and Europe that has had U.S.A. designed
(originally) HSR systems, and therefore are familiar with 'riding the rails'.
These tourist are on strict timetables and do NOT have the time to drive many
hours or days between U.S.A. tour locations, this is especially true of the
American Southwest, where our National Parks (NPS) are few and far between.
Our airlines cater to our Business communities, and NOT to our tourist industry,
therefore places like Tucson, Benson, Willcox, Tombstone, Sierra Vista, and
Douglas, Arizona are NOT fully or at all served by most direct flight airlines,
or any airline. There is Amtrak rail and there was in the past rail services to
these popular tourist locations, but in most instances no longer.
A HSR People Mover System (HSRPMS) would open up these areas to tens of
thousands of additional American and Foreign Tourist, thus bringing in millions
of extra dollars to the local economies each year.
There are 'tourist' loops throughout the U.S.A., i.e., the Grand Circle Loop of
the American Southwest that covers the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Bryce
Canyon National Park, the Grand Canyon (North Rim), Zion National Park, and Lake
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