Lets be 100% fair here. The best tourism video is probably ohio's two famous cleavand tourism ads.

JJMcCullough@ Can you do one with countries tourism advert. The most common countries tourism advert in the United Kingdom is the advert for Turkey all the time. 🇹🇷

Ironic though, I plan on moving to Colorado, I used to visit it a whole bunch in 2009, when I had an ex girlfriend that lived there.

You considered doing this again for states internationally, e.g. Australia, UK, Canada etc?

Your audio seems to be clipping in this video and it was hurting my ears, I'd appreciate if you could look into fixing it

Minnesota 🤝 Wisconsin: Not having fishing for their top tourism video.

Wasn’t expecting TierZoo to be here in the comments

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Dont forget the craft breweries, brats, or the Driftless. Also, never took you for a fellow Wisconsinite

LMAOOO

What a waste of taxpayer dollars that was!

@@firecracker3911 I don’t think promoting tourism is a waste, just make sure your tourism board isn’t useless

they also spent several hundred thousand dollars on a clam statue. inside the airport.

@@nickbk4418 as a New Englander I actually think it’s pretty cool. They’re putting in giant statues of stuffies (a Rhode Island stuffed clam) at different major airports across the country to get people thinking about RI. Also their new slogan is “fun sized” which is really good in my point of view

This, but unironically. Guess I'm an ideal tourist.

I live in Michigan. Anything along the border there isn't much difference except the beer maybe go south AZ is hot and dry TX hot and mean Fl hot and wet FL is probably the best choice@@redrave404

I live in Michigan. Anything along the border there isn't much difference except the beer maybe go south AZ is hot and dry TX hot and mean Fl hot and wet FL is probably the best choice

Or having no ad 😭

Get wrecked

He literally said my state was a snooze and moved on

@@thelinktothegame6081 i haven’t watched it yet, I’m hoping it’s not Minnesota😥

I’m from Delaware so I knew it would be good (or bad, I mean!).

Just remember the “Say WA” campaign. The shame lingers to today

Washingtonians are saying go away by not having a video basically. 🤣I worked at Mt. Rainier and we had more ppl than we could handle so it didn't work unfortunately!

I say we just start posting old Rainier beer ads nationally.

Lol this makes me want to actually come now

this makes me want to visit it haha

As an American it weird this Ontario tourism commercial sticks with me kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rd-YdtR4yNXXXYk.html

The cost of living is so low in Kentucky for a reason. 😕

Thank you

RIP WA

Damn, as a Kentucky born resident, this is some disrespect

Maybe it used to be that.

I'm from rural PA. I'm not sure if this is true outside Pittsburg or Philly... You've never felt judgment until you're buying vegetables from an Amish farmer. (Yes the Amish are super friendly and good people. That doesn't mean I didn't feel hella judged by them)

@@MrC0MPUT3RSo true! The Amish/Mennonite secret judgement is so anxiety-inducing. Like, please let me buy some fruit and pies in peace.

Genuinely surprised to discover PA has any beaches... and I am still not sure it does. Looking at the satellite imagery of Lake Erie coast line, I don't think it looks like that. And it can't be the DE river...

@@Joe-nb3fs I was stunned, Philly is near water, but miles from any actual beach beyond New Jersey and Delaware borders. Perhaps there is some lake or river with a dressed up, man-made "beach" but that should have been the focal point of the delivery. Feels like they stole B-roll from a coastal state.

I'm from Washington, I disagree,we have such a diverse landscape, from desert in eastern Washington to some of the most beautiful forests in the country, and don't forget the big apple orchards in Wenatchee. Then there's the big city where you can tour the microsoft building, try local cuisine at the pike place market, and see the entire city from the space needle.

I also live in Seattle and came here to say this 😂 Washington state is so ridiculously bureaucratic that their lack of a tourism channel is hilariously SPOT ON.

I half expected because I see Washington as that sleeper state nobody looks at, but is America’s Secret prodigy, I kinda think of it like District 2 from the Hunger Gamse series.

There's some beaches on smaller lakes, but I agree no one really think of beach when they think PA. I would've chosen Amish country or Philly.

Only barely separate from the Atlantic, but separate none the less

The Pennsylvania tourism ad actually taking place at the Jersey Shore is pretty representative though

The tourism ad takes place at Presque Isle, on the shore of Lake Erie, nowhere near New Jersey.

I grew up in Philly, and I think an ad focusing on places like Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and then BAM! Valley Forge would be best. Really leaning into the Revolution from the man-made to the natural. Also, start playing "Yankee Doodle" in the background when you get to VF. Valley Forge would be beautiful regardless of the history.

Aw thanks so much. I try very hard.

​@@JJMcCullough❤❤❤

Agreed, apart from that Tantacrul and Imparter (at least his later videos) are up there with JJ for me

​@JJMcCullough Hey JJ. Just wanted to let you know Steven Hillenberg, the Creator of SpongeBob is from OK. Though not a household name. His art has touched the heart of millions.

Definitely award worthy

Yeah. My parents live a stones throw away from Zion's and I have to say... things aren't super great for the Park and neighboring town. Not in regards to economic they have 0 issue getting people in. Yet with just how busy it is... Honestly, whenever I visit the park I use the "back door." There's many hikes there where you won't see another person. If people are visiting, I'll show them the canyon proper once, and then stick to the outskirts.

Yup, that video basically hits a perfect spot for what we’d be looking for. A solitary photographer wanting peace away from the hustle and bustle.

It’s getting to be the same in Alaska. Everything is geared for the private concessions that get contracts in the parks to get as many people as possible in the parks.

Yeah, I have a lot of fun tanking with my cousins.

@@user-ut3zf7gr2s I've lived in Nebraska 17 years, and have never even *heard* of tanking before this video. Looks fun though.

Nebraska is I'm sure a fine place to live and a nonsense place to visit.

I drove through and was absolutely stunned by the sand hills area. Loved the landscape out there. That being said the 6 hours of flat land preceeding that was slightly less memorable.

Bro I'm mad after New Mexico's cave ad we literally have the longest cave system in the world in ky

I'm from Kentucky, and I am honestly angry. Horse Capital of the World and maker of 95% of world's Bourbon, along with having the largest peanut butter factory in the World and being the birthplace of Lincoln, and this man pretty much spits on us.

Not just that. It's got Mammoth Cave, one of the natural wonders of the world. It's got Natural Bridge. One problem Kentucky had for years was that it had a one term limit on the governor's office. That's not enough time to accomplish anything meaningful with a tourism department or public policy. It's just enough time to get into office, steal what you can, then leave.

Most of the peanut butter is made here - jiff in Lexington and everything else is made in Louisville at allgood. I’d get skippy, Kroger, Walmart, and every other brand at family gatherings handed out by my uncle that worked there for a while.

Because no one who has any filmic vision stays.

Agreed I visited there recently and they have some great German food and dairy that is criminally left out.

At least throw in the cheese hand, lol

Great bar-food, parks, and waterslides. My guess is they're trying to change their image to appeal to tourists outside of Chicago families with kids.

i think it’s weird that they didn’t say anything about skiing even though a lot of ski resorts in wisconsin are genuinely good places to learn how to ski, and are pretty cheap compared to other places

those cities are probably better not to show off

@@UserName-ts3sp you'd be surprised nowadays. lived around metro detroit my whole life and the past 5-10 years have done a lot for the city itself.

@@miguelrodriguez-df8ww we saw a Red Wings game not that long ago and the city has come a long way indeed.

Yes, but have you seen the parodies of this. Pure gold.

Me too! I was really surprised not to see Baltimore or any mention of the blue crabs

Yeah, as a Marylander I'm actually pretty irate. That was some lazy-ass nonsense. But then that's the Maryland state government. I'd complain but I'm 99% sure my email would bounce, and if it didn't, I wouldn't get an answer anyway.

@@gravityissues5210very true, crab is the people’s pleasure, not the governments sadly!

Virginia is for lovers. Maryland is for crabs.

Also maybe I'm missing something but I feel like Civil War trails have to be more common than that? I know they're in Georgia because I've lived here my whole life and grew up hiking with my parents and I'd assume other states have things like that too

Maybe they were trying to appeal to the Europeans who try to visit Miami, New York, and LA in a weeklong vacation in their rented car.

@@Chance4 AKA Suckers.

//but dallas and houston are like 300 miles apart// That's true of most states though, I mean Seattle and the Yakima valley wineries are separated by a mountain range that is sometimes impassable

That's most of Texas though - everything is far apart. El Paso is a full day's drive from pretty much every major city. You don't vacation in Texas, you vacation in a particular city in Texas.

That was a bit odd. As a native Texan, I’d rather have seen more about Texas’ culture. Things like the Alamo, the Texas Revolution, or simply the independent spirit of Texans.

He'll probably roast the hell out of Québec again... ^^ (Even though it's objectively the best and coolest province don't @ me)

​@@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirusMy guess would be that the province with the part that's furthest north and farthest from a large body of water would be the coolest 😉.

I don't remember ever seeing any Canadian ads but I grew up an hour from the border, we're already up to our asses with quoebecois

I was thinking JJ should do that before I even began watching this video.

I see ads from Newfoundland and Yukon pop up the most on my phone.

JJ must have came here and had a bad experience.

@@kadenkohl782I felt kinda insulted by it

@@kadenkohl782 Nah, the video was just generic crap that doesn't say anything that actually makes KY unique

Crestfallen I am haha

They also should have done the blues man. Delta blues are from Mississippi, also could have done stuff on elvis and rock and roll. Mississippi in my opinion is the most important state for music.

Fellow Mississippian, I wish it wasn’t just about civil rights. I understand that Mississippi is known to have a dark past. But i wish they could mix that in with like the gulf coast and other tourist things while highlighting Mississippi’s fight for racial equality.

Are you telling me that you don’t tell your dogs about other states in other states? Do you even love your pets?

The dogs might care. My cat, on the other hand, is intensely disinterested.

As a European this is definitely something I would visit if I ever came to America, especially the war LARPs sound cool as hell.

As someone from Georgia, come see where Sherman burned a bunch of stuff on his way to Savannah. Was your country ravaged by brutal war tactics in either World War? Come see where they might have got the idea!

Yeah the Civil War tourism is absolutely bonkers on the east coast. I once saw a whole museum in Virginia dedicated to Robert E Lee's horse (!).

@@onurbschrednei4569 Sounds like that wasn't aimed at the ordinary Traveler.

I was expecting crab cakes and old bay from Maryland 😂

Isn't that song not about West Virginia at all tho???

@@jakespinella8161 Youre right that the original song lyrics, which were written Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert following a trip down interstate 81 mostly in western Virginia. John Denver however took a trip of his own through West Virginia, and spent extensive time driving around the New River following the release of the song, which likely contributed to the song being adopted truly as a West Virginia song, instead of a Western Virginian song. The song is pretty almost entirely about West Virginia, as far as West Virginians are concerned. John Denver seems to agree too, personally playing Country Roads at the opening of WVU's Mountaineer Field. However the song does get some geologic things wrong, all geologic features found in Western Virginia. The Blue Ridge Mountains, a smaller division of the Appalachian Mountains (which themselves run through West Virginia) however the Blue Ridge Mountains themselves don't run through much, if any, part within West Virginia state lines. The Shenandoah River too also mostly runs through Virginia, however it does run through West Virginia briefly, eventually meeting the Potomac River in downtown Harper's Ferry.

@@fdr45 the wiki page says when he recorded it he had never been to west Virginia before and it was apparently inspired by a road he drove on in Maryland lol and yeah the details of the song are about the Shenandoah valley area which is almost entirely in western Virginia. Seems like west Virginia's have definitely claimed it tho but that's a weak origin story lol

@@jakespinella8161 John Denver fully supported it being about West Virginia after its release, like I said he personally played it in Morgantown to commemorate the opening of WVU's Mountaineer Field. The country road was indeed in Maryland, with geographic feature of Virginia, but they chose the name of the state in the song to be West Virginia, and now its so intertwined with West Virginia, its basically just a West Virginian song, thats why they added it to the list of official state songs

I visited West Virginia University and can confirm the song was referenced everywhere and played everywhere as well. There are definitely worse songs you could have as the entire personality of your state

We definitely get this in southern california as well. From the greater LA area it'll take you about 2-3 hours to get to touristy skiing and desert destinations, so we do get some ads playing locally that encourage people to visit those places.

I visited AL as a kid and didn't like it. I wouldn't have ever considered going back, but that video has changed my mind. It's not just the BBQ aspect (althought that is cool), it's the people... I remember Mobile as being a bit run down, and unsafe, but I also remember the people we met there were good as gold. Friendly and kind.

@@pragueuprising560If you come back, skip Mobile, it’s probably just as bad as you remember it.

Barbecue defines the South in general. I honestly have no idea what makes Alabama barbecue different than any of the other southern states’ barbecue. So what is it?

I agree. I don’t live there now, but was born there and go back to visit family. I think the documentary format is nice.

@PockASqueeno Smoked chicken and white sauce, definitely NOT brisket.

It's definitely iconic, but I hear mixed opinions on it. I enjoy the memes of pure Michigan audio over footage of horrible traffic on snow-covered roads.

I like it just bc it does embody what we have to offer. The lakes and everything Up North is what makes the state special, so why go through the BS of a montage like all the other states

as a wisconsinite whenever i see a pure Michigan i go into a primal rage.

and I do wonder if the Cider House Rules music was purposeful due to the state's big cider culture... I can't think of another reason to use that particular music

Fellow Michigander here! More specifically, I’m a proud Yooper! I love what Pure Michigan was trying to do and it really worked when we needed tourism most. I wish it was more specific to what makes Michigan’s nature different from everyone elses… but it still worked and is continuing to work. Also, I saw your profile picture and username so I’m obligated to taunt you and say Go Blue!

I was cackling with delight at that part😂!

How did the end start getting pronounced as an "a"?

@@greywolf7577 Weird dialect in Missouri, kind of like how you'll hear people there say "Warsh" instead of "Wash" and things like that, just depends on the part of the state you live in, as for Missourians, that'd be a Constant state of Missouri 👍

But what about hiking? Do you guys have any food? Random art sculptures? I need at least 5 of those 6 things to justify visiting = D

@@DoABarrelRol1l Alps, Alps and more Alps! :D Bavarian beer is quite famous, roasted pork knuckles, sauerkraut, veal sausages, cheese spaetzle, sweet dumplings with poopy seeds and vanilla sauce... In Kempten and Aachen you can visit ancient Roman archaeological sites, in Munich there are museums from pre-history to modern art. We've got everything!

@@bloodybaronesse Alright Bavarian pretzels and I'm in

@@DoABarrelRol1lI think Berlin is your place if you want random street art everywhere.

@@bloodybaronesse I am shocked that you didn't bring up the one million and one palaces and castles built by Bavarian kings and other Bavarian nobility. Or your many twee medieval villages, all timber-framed and cozy, nestled in rolling hills. Or your famous Christmas markets in the middle of winter. Or your crazy rococo monasteries with the undulating, vibrant, pink-and-taffeta churches. So much to see in Bavaria! Bavaria is not your generic, boring American state like Indiana or Minnesota.

Kentucky did it to themselves

These were suppose to be the most populsr looked at ads. Kentucky made this video. The world watched it.

Kentucky screwed Kentucky!

looks like JJ had few words himself

sorry, I fell asleep halfway through your comment. What was that?

Especially since they're so tiny and on top of each other. There's not a whole lot to differentiate each of those states in that area from each other.

I can confirm. Husband and I did a road trip through New England last month, starting in DC and ending in Portland, following the coast. We didn't stop in Delaware at all, although we did pause in Connecticut for lunch.

@@CrazyCatMom11connecticuts ad should’ve focused on pizza, because that’s the only thing the state is good for. Other than that, it just feels like a boring extension of Massachusetts/new york

Exactly. My experience of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware is basically "been through on the train"

It’s cute but has major problems with the people (some of them have extremest views)

@@briannelson3830 wait are you unironically saying that the problem with the oregon tourism ad is that oregon has some nazis?

​@@briannelson3830 So does every state, I don't see what makes Oregon so special regarding that.

@@ratronald I didn’t say any group in particular or either side of the political spectrum because extremists are present all across the board

@@Croz89 in Oregon especially outside of Portland things are more charged then in many other parts of the country

Kentucky was inexplicably terrible. As you said there is plenty of stuff to showcase and they didn't use any of it. I liked West Virgina but you are right they could have done more, and those topics you mentioned are what would appeal to me.

West Virginia has Harper's Ferry which would draw in history nerds like myself.

As a Canadian born Citizen who lived a long time in both states-- I could not agree more.

Same w PA. We don’t even rlly got beaches lmao. They could’ve did Appalachia, Hershey, Jim Thorpe, the Poconos, Lake Erie, Gettysburg, etc. Shii was a major bummer

Not to mention the bourbon! I actually don't like bourbon but a bunch of other people sure do.

From an art perspective the animated video is great, but from a person who knows little about the state i say a fail. I still know nothing about the state and now i dont even know how it looks

I went to Arizona on vacation back when I was a kid and Sedona was such a beautiful place (and Phoenix was a hellish monument to Mankind’s hubris).

​@@InquisitorThomasPhoenix is just a hivecity but built out instead of up

@@InquisitorThomas in Phoenix, we fear the sun. For it is vengeful and terribly hot.

Phoenix is the least interesting part of the state you have it doesn't offer anything that you couldn't get in LA or San Diego, so there a reason they don't focus on it.

Wupatki was in their video, "showing off" the indigenous architecture. Problem is you wouldn't recognize it for the amazing site it is, unless you had already been there

We know the only state we need is our own

Makes sense that States with massive urban populations show their natural beauty since they it keep money in the state.

Michigan is one of the most, if not the most, strikingly beautiful and unique states in the union. Unfortunately the population is concentrated in the nation's ugliest display of urban decay and concrete suburban sprawl. It's no wonder many Michiganders want to get away from that and enjoy the true beauty of our state.

Same with the Texas ad, it's not good at portraying Texas culture, but the showing the Space Center and the hot springs means that Texas's money can stay in the state. As Texas has high paying jobs, but the hot climate and lack of beauty means a lot of Texans spending money out of state...

@@CallieMasters5000 I live in the Detroit suburbs and when out of state friends/family visit for the first time, they always want to see the Detroit ghettos. Maybe they should add that to the Pure Michigan ads?

Who the heck is cgpgrey

​@beepbeeplettuce5890 CGP Grey is another KZfaqr. He tackles a pretty broad range of topics with the general theme of getting way too deep into information on some obscure or overlooked topic (origin of the name Tiffany, meaning behind the numbers on airport runways, etc.). He's got a little stickman avatar and a pretty dry but occasionally funny delivery. I used to watch his content but I stopped when he decided to make his comments section for patrons only, ostensibly because of the overabundance of bot comments.

CGP Grey and J.J. McCullough recently had a very nerdy disagreement about flags.

As a fellow Coloradoan, we know good branding and marketing it seems. We just go for simplicity it seems. The landscape just sells itself. We should get weird with it...check out our monstrosity of a Mexican Restaurant tourist trap (Casa Bonita), stay the night in world renowned haunted hotels, come get high in the international church of cannabis, take your chances on amusement park rides that probably shouldn't be legal (Lakeside and Glenwood), etc. We can honestly get really weird with it, if we wanted.

@@ShannaFarleydon’t forget the frozen dead guy!

@@campbell9825 aw yes. We actually have two separate coffin races up here. Can't forget that.

yeah, it's just a place I stop to buy smokes and take a leak on the way to chicago. Either that or somewhere the amtrack always inexplicably gets stupid late in

I like Indianapolis. Could be better. Get a tram system- a _system,_ not just a cute little figure-8 downtown that looks cute but doesn't move people. Don't be like Atlanta.

That's hilarious! As a Michigander, I've been in Indiana many times, on my way to Chicago.

As a Kentuckian who now lives in Indiana, I feel like that actually gives it cultural relevancy. A lot of sitcoms are set in Indiana because its “plainness” means that it’s relatable to any American rather than just those from certain areas.

With a state motto like that, the obvious tourism marketing slogan has to be "All roads lead to Indiana"

Being from the state, I love it too. There are lots of civil rights related places.

Kinda twisted though. "Come see where Mississippians tortured and killed a bunch of people."

I guess Maryland tried that too

Kinda depressing though. I dont want to visit that kinda stuff. Its like Hawaii promoting the pearl harbor bombing

​@@PierzStyxI mean, compared to a lot of the rest of the South trying to downplay or hide their history, it does show a large degree of maturity and being willing to grow past their past mistakes.

ya flood ohio with them tho

@@UserName-ts3sp I didn’t know that as I do not live in Ohio

Their TV ads heavily focused on snow sports, which are the biggest drivers of tourism to the state outside the national parks of southern UT. It's funny because it's one of the states, like CO, where tourists want to hike to see the wilderness.

I think a lot of the other hiking, fishing, etc ads might be targeting more local tourists, which isn't necessary a bad thing. Nobody's gonna fly halfway across the country specifically to hike and zipline in the Catskills, but a New Yorker taking a weekend trip uptown absolutely would, and that's still a lot of tourist dollars.

I still don't care to visit Utah. I am a drinker and a city type.

salt lake is ok for that

There is an identical statue to the one they showed in the Iowa video in my home town. I do not live in Iowa.

As someone who had to visit Des Moines a few times for my old job, the state fair is still a great memory for me, and definitely would improve the ad.

that shit pisses me off like we have one of the biggest state fairs, the new skate park downtown is the biggest in the country. like we have cool shit show it off please.

Probably like Georgia, which is very geographically similar and would probably employ a similar “Hey all you folks in Bartow County ever been to (names random barrier island on the Atlantic coast or the Okeefenokee Swamp)”

I was gonna say Outer Banks is def one of the most popular beach getaways, especially on the east coast

@@josephmanning3179 also they get to drum up interest in early aviation history because the wind there was strong enough for the Wright brothers to leave their native Ohio to test the Wright Flyer there, so they got that going for them. Also isn’t there some marshland up by the NC coast (probably inside the Sound)? Gotta be good for wildlife enthusiasts.

@@josephmanning3179 “One of the most popular beach getaways… on the East Coast” I’m glad we can both pretend Florida doesn’t exist. -sincerely, a GA resident

​@DiamondKingStudios I live about 10 minutes from Bartow county, can confirm that would work for me

Alabama: "At least we're not Mississippi."

I'm from Massachusetts and I didn't realize how bad the barbeque around here was until I went down south and tried some actual barbeque. Best food decision I ever made.

Southern barbecue exists, KC is king.

@@PierzStyx Idk, I heard something might have happened in Montgomery, but I can't be sure... It's a joke, I know what happened.

Have you tried Johnnys up in Cullman? Best in the state in my opinion

I think it’s going to take a while before the average American, especially the average Southerner (I’m from Georgia btw) comes around to Hawaii as being more than some exotic, far-off archipelago where the signs aren’t all in English (unlike their typical all-English, maybe some Spanish setup they’re used to). Even though Hawaii is as much a state as the older 49, a trip from Minneapolis to San Diego won’t come with near as much culture shock as Minneapolis to Honolulu. And Hawaii just happened to become part of a country internationally known for their inconsiderate or ignorant tourists…

​@@DiamondKingStudiosIn real terms, visiting Hawaii or Alaska is treated the same way as visiting Thailand or Iceland. It's a long expensive flight to what feels like a foreign land.

@@appa609 which makes it so strange that both are US states. I’d wager that Alaska would be more familiar to a lower 48 resident than Hawaii, at least culturally.

@@DiamondKingStudiosreally depends on what part of Alaska we’re talking about here.

@@twomp5613 but there’s more of those areas in Alaska than in Hawaii. Alaska has Fairbanks and Anchorage, and I cannot name a major Hawaiian city apart from Honolulu and maybe Hilo. You go into the Alaskan countryside and the average American, Anglophone tourist will find either towns that speak mainly English or one of the many Alaska Native communities that either speak their own language or English (the extinction of many of these languages is probably a major political issue). In Hawaii I doubt there’s as many primarily English-speaking “frontier towns”.

Even if we did have a video, I think we would have still been shown up by Oregon.

Oregon murdered everyone

@@Runner_in_the_dark Lol being from WA that fits, Visit Oregon ( but sshhh it’s better to live in Washington)

ha, I went to Seattle and they like 'why are you here??' Been up for like 40 hours and so thought I was going to ask to go back home.

LOL Not at all mad my state of WA does not have a youtube channel or video

@lordbitememan I just spent the last 15 minutes losing my mind over how awesome those videos are. Thank you!

i've always loved these lol

This but unironically

Wall drug Badlands

South Dakota, hire this guy

They should hire you.

This is the best idea I've ever seen in an internet comment

Also as a Floridian, I'm of the opposite opinion. With all the money and interest in Disney and theme parks already there, a FL ad should be to showcase what other things our culture and communities have to offer.

Disney world isn't the State of Florida lmao

The legislature probably figures (at least with some justification) that people are already inclined to come here, so you probably don't have to put a lot of effort into convincing them.

My family and i went to alaska this last summer. we absolutely loved it.

I live in Southern California, I love the forest shots because there's none close by me!

I was thinking the same thing! There's a tiny piece of Lake Erie waterfront near Erie too, but not sure that's a big attraction draw.

Agreed! As a PA native, if I wanted beaches, I'd head to DE. I found it to be an odd approach.

that's the delaware river 😆

gonna say most people from PA aren’t going to beaches in PA. probably NJ or DE

From what i can tell, that part of Pennsylvania is a polluted shithole.

Maybe he should have given it 50 wives!

@@AdamTheJensen you could've just said five wives and had the joke be less confusing, but it wasn't enough for you. you had to do 50.

Yeah I still want to visit Goblin Valley. As a Nevadan, Utah is the state I visit the most. I've been to Kodachrome, it's not real big, but pretty cool.

Utah's 2nd most popular video is another banger... their tourism board is on-point. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a5yFrNSakt3HpGw.html

agreed haha. I went to BYU

Here is Oregon in a nutshell you want desert we got it, you want gambling plenty of Indian reservations, you like guns, you don't like guns, waterfalls, snow, forests, nearly every form of outdoor activity, drugs, so so international airport, bigfoot, paying for someplace to sleep/eat/items is optional in the (big cities) and fishing.

@@southcoastinventors6583Oregon is basically a complete package

@@anxiousseal556 Yeah great place to visit best month is usually May-June temperature wise. If you like outdoor it has almost everything except tropical.

@@southcoastinventors6583 used to live there from tropical country. My favorite time is September until fall ends and replaced with 3 months of cloudy depression lol, still love that place since I like somewhere not hot with great outdoor setting

Late at night they hand out free coffee at the rest stops so drivers don't fall asleep at the wheel. Never seen that before.

Watching this video I got two midroll tourism ads for international destinations. One was the Isle of Man in the UK and the other was for Brittany in France.

I would like to see cool tourism ads from countries/Cities. I like my home city, Seinäjoki's campain where they advertized themselves as "Capital of Space".

@@canles Wait, you have a town with a space gimmick too? We have our own in Israel, Mitzpe Ramon.

Yes please, THIS THIS

@@SamAronowMeanwhile my state’s southern neighbor, Florida:

JJ had to research and watch FIFTY websites, at the very least. Of course he was totally done with this video. He's ready to move on to Canada or other country with a much smaller number of provinces/states/prefectures/what have you. LOL.

@@pdruiz2005ome visit Moncton! Why? Just please do it Respectfully, New Brunswick Tourism Board” (Then the same thing in French, I think that province is bilingual officially despite the fact that Cajun culture exists in Louisiana)

I, for one, loved the disses of Kentucky (three seconds!) and Delaware ("like the part of medication ads where they list the side effects"), and NY/SC ("South Carolina has zip-lining, so I guess New York wasn't so special, after all.")

I’d love to float down a river in one of those giant metal tubs. It honestly looks like so much fun.

@@cooperhilinsky6361it’s fun af

@@cooperhilinsky6361 it's called tanking and it is the best way to get drunk with friends on the river by far.

@@paytonlott5183do people actually do that? I’ve been to the platte a lot and never seen it

Perhaps it's a sign of the times, but I live in a small city of 175K in southwest Missouri, and upon my return from a visit to the Golden State, more than a few people asked me "Why would you go THERE?' almost in an accusatory tone.

The Simpsons are going to Delaware! "I want to visit a screen door factory!"

​@@JJMcCulloughSimpsons did it! Simpsons did it!

Let’s set up a corporation!

Weirdly Delaware has a pretty decent set of attractions between Rehoboth Beach, the Hagley Museum, and that one building with a PO Box for like half of the corporations in America. Okay maybe not a ton of stuff to do, but probably enough for a couple of days.

Actually incorrect! Lewes, Delaware was my parents' favorite beach hangout for years, until they moved to a town in Virginia that greatly resembles Lewes, Delaware.

I mean with how much the internet shits on southern states (many times justified, but many times just perpetuating stereotypes), I think they feel they are fighting an uphill battle. So they put more effort in in order to fight those negative stereotypes.

@@vaporousshadow Yeah, I can see that being the case maybe.

I lived in Colorado for a few years, but it was enough to make me weirdly defensive about any other state trying to advertise skiing/hiking/trekking, etc., like nobody beats Colorado for skiing. Nobody. (except Alaska).

Hell, even Detroit gets a bad image. Detroit is fantastic nowadays

I love their channel particularly the old New Mexico true full length videos of the areas of the state. I don't know who the narrator is but he is very good. I'm not sure these are really ads for the state as you would have to watch for an hour.

Also those things are the Zia (a native tribe) sun and is in the center of NM flag, very appropriate. But I enjoyed the "5 Whatever these things are".

@@515aleon Tbh, I really love "Feels Like Home" by Richmond (used by NM True), as it's like my state's version of "Country Roads Take Me Home"

@@realemperorkuzco Very much love it.

Proud of New Mexico - and I love how he had no idea what the Zia was.

Yessssss, I think leaning into the unique Americana of each state (In this instance cryptids) could be an amazing angle. Mothman for West Virginia for instance could connect the state to something other than the singular thing it's known for.

Just put 'swag like ohio' over a montage of those sites and its perfect

@@sumedhgarimella6024 we have two state songs why not a third

I wanna visit Dayton Air Museum one day. Take a flight or car from Alberta

@@TrickiVicBB71 it’s quite good, make sure to stop at the Dayton Aviation NHP, it’s really cool