Talk:List of tourist attractions in Monterey County, California

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Question[edit]

Does discussion of home prices and crime belong on a page about the county's attractions? It would seem to me this page should deal with things like the Aquarium, the Children's Museum, and so forth. (Rednikki (talk) 18:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Rename and restructure[edit]

I think this article would be better named List of tourist attractions in Monterey County. I also think it could be structured into sections, as a better way of organizing the text than using bold text for all the headers. See for example List of tourist attractions in Silicon Valley.

-- Charlesreid1 (talk) 17:56, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Providing a bit more justification for moving "Monterey County attractions" to "List of tourist attractions in Monterey County".

First and foremost, there are over 100 articles titled "List of tourist attractions in X", so articles with this title are a well-established pattern.

See for example List of tourist attractions in Boston, List of tourist attractions in Sarajevo, List of tourist attractions in Potsdam, List of tourist attractions in Berlin, List of tourist attractions in Paris, List of tourist attractions in Silicon Valley, etc.

Also see Category:Lists of tourist attractions by city (although this is a county, not a city).

Second, it is a well-established fact (stated in the lead paragraph of this article) that tourism is an important part of the economy in coastal Monterey County. Thus, tourism is a recognized draw to many of these locations, venues, parks, etc.

Third, those who may insist on using a more generic term such as "attractions" or "sites of interest" should note that (a) the list was assembled with an emphasis on those attractions or sites of interest that draw tourists.

"Tourist attraction" is not meant in any derogatory sense here. Tourism is how Monterey County's economy is fueled. Saying a place is of interest to tourists does not mean it is not of interest to locals, or that the label is exclusionary of locals. It is simply a descriptive term for places in Monterey County.

Accordingly, adhering to the principle of WP:BOLD, I am moving this article to List of tourist attractions in Monterey County, California.

List of tourist attractions in Monterey County will redirect to List of tourist attractions in Monterey County, California.

Monterey County attractions will redirect to List of tourist attractions in Monterey County, California.

Pages that link to Monterey County attractions will be updated to point to List of tourist attractions in Monterey County, California.

-- Charlesreid1 (talk) 05:33, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]