New Hampshire Tourism Economy

It happens every two years, another election approaches in New Hampshire.

Elections to me are a sense of renewal, a sense of ideas and a sense that a candidate might emerge that makes something really big happen. Sometimes big things in politics can be dangerous but New Hampshire still needs some things to happen.

Elections Are A Sense Of Renewal.

  I'd put the state tourism economy on the very top of this list. The granite state has a long, established and historic tourism economy which could be a lot more powerful than it is.

   There are many examples of what could be done but as one example imagine what would happen if Amtrak were to run a dedicated ski train from New York City up the Connecticut River Valley to St. Johnsbury, Vermont then across northern New Hampshire to Bretton Woods and a short time later North Conway. I'll tell you what would happen, more state tourism builds a better local economy.

Of course running Amtrak trains to the Mount Washington Valley is a big capital idea that would require both organization and political support from both New Hampshire and Vermont. But it could be done.
  But the question really is the candidates that are now running for state office and will they actually do more than talk about state tourism and creating local jobs? This is New Hampshire political campaign season and I might be asking for too much.