I was in the library downtown and happened upon a library worker talking to two tourists, one from Los Angeles and the other from Germany. The girls had come downtown from South Beach to go to the museums (closed on Monday). They stopped in the library looking for somewhere else to go (they had been to Bayside). The library worker sent them to Dadeland. Dadeland? Ick. But, as I was standing there trying to think of another place they could go to...my mind went blank. Every place the tourists pointed to on their map the library worker said wasn't worth going to.
The moral of this story is: Don't go to the library looking for ambassadors for our downtown.
7 comments:
They should have taken a bus to Key Biscayne. Or they could have gone to Vizcaya - opened Monday.
I still like the Grove.
She probably sent them there because it's the shopping area connected to Metrorail. If only we had a good mass transit system!
Or send them to us next door at HistoryMiami, where we can point out plenty of historic sites! :)
No easy way to get there unless you have a car but I send all out-of-towners to the Charles Deering Estate. It’s never crowded and is beautiful no matter what the weather.
Something needs to be done because nothing is pulled together for the tourists. They are on their own with very little help. If things were more organized and focused, more tourist would come! Word of mouth is the best publicity. One of my earlier suggestions is the creation of a center with cultural/ethnic pavilions. It would be a must see for every visitor with lots to see and do.
They could have gone to the Beacon Council. Frank Nero who doesn't have much to do these days could have given them a tour of the Port of Miami. It is a very interesting place with the cranes and containers and the sea wall made of heavy metal. It's all good.
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