Originally Posted by
lhrsfo
The second is that they are normally written by people who are not native to the city in question. The third is too much emphasis on minor churches with, at best, moderate interest and too little emphasis on understanding a city, its culture and its beat.
I'm not too upset with the second one. Often "natives" or "locals" will overlook what is in their city or care about some touristy facts. Unless they're in the tourism industry (and even then) many do not know about some of their features (even though well published elsewhere). Sometimes it takes someone who is looking for the odd or out of place attractions to draw attention to something interesting.
As for the third, that's something cities should promote. A lot of people are too "culture specific". They'll go to a few festivals/events a year and that's it. Every city has some sort of promotions department which should have a beat on all the events/tourist attractions and how to get people to them.