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Article: Fairbanks: a great winter vacation destination; the Fairbanks CVB has been promoting its community as a perfect winter tourism destination. And it's working!
- Article from:
- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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With endless advertisements from every information source imaginable about what jeans to buy, which restaurant to patron, and where to vacation--the average American is bombarded with sugar-coated facts and figures that promise the consumer a better--more enriched--life if the product at hand is purchased immediately.
And while destination markets may not be a consumable good, the competition for worldwide tourists is fierce among the cities of the United States. From sandy beaches to snow-covered mountains and from cultural experiences to pristine wilderness-almost every region in the country is proclaiming its virtues to attract visitors.
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