Word: tourist
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...least), the rolling farmland and quaint barns which make the central Bluegrass one of the most picturesque regions in the nation acquired enormous value Inflation and its causes made it profitable, in only to invest massively in precisely those assets which make central Kentucky one of the most underrated tourist areas in North America-its farms, landscape, and related services...
This is ideal if you're planning a visit. Central Kentucky--Lexington and its environs--is what you could call a non-touristy tourist spot, not unlike what the French Riviera (albeit without beaches) must have been like before distant vacations became widely available to the non-affluent...
...amounts of money to spend. Several new hotels have risen on the sites of old tobacco warehouses, and nouveau entertainment spots are all the rage. Notwithstanding this culture shock, the predominant tobacco, horse, and farming industries continue to thrive and provide the all-important "flavor" lost to more popular tourist areas further south...
...state government has actually tried to capitalize on the more favorable aspects of the nationally-held stereotypes through extensive ad campaigns aimed at both tourist and business audiences. The natural beauty of the central Bluegrass region and far western lake country (the world's largest manmade lake, incidentally, is Kentucky Lake, built by the Tennessee Valley Authority) have proven to be considerable revenue sources in recent years...
...current home. His South is not the storied region of literary tradition. There is a theme-park quality to Florida's past. Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth and apocryphal pirates are turned into roadside attractions. For good- ole-boy authenticity, Rothchild heads past the subdivisions and tourist snares until the signs read BEER, AMMO and WORMS...