Editing Omaha, Nebraska (section)

===Tourism===
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Tourist attractions in Omaha include history, sports, outdoors and cultural experiences. Its principal tourist attractions are the [[Henry Doorly Zoo]] and the [[College World Series]].<ref name="Nebraska1"/> The [[Old Market (Omaha, Nebraska)|Old Market]] in [[Downtown Omaha]] is another major attraction and is important to the city's retail economy. The city has been a tourist destination for many years. Famous early visitors included British author [[Rudyard Kipling]] and General [[George Crook]]. In 1883 Omaha hosted the first official performance of the [[Buffalo Bill]]'s [[Wild West Show]] for 8,000 attendees.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080503100706/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/buffalo_bill.htm "Buffalo Bill at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition and Indian Congress of 1898"]}}, [[Nebraska State Historical Society]]. Retrieved 4/19/08.</ref> In 1898 the city hosted more than 1 million visitors from across the United States at the [[Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition]], a [[world's fair]] that lasted for more than half the year.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Beam |first=P. K. |year=1994 |title=The Last Victorian Fair: The Trans-Mississippi International Exposition |journal=Journal of the West |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=10–23}}</ref>

Research on [[leisure]] and [[hospitality]] situates Omaha in the same tier for tourists as the neighboring cities of [[Des Moines, Iowa]]; [[Topeka, Kansas]]; [[Kansas City, Missouri]]; [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]; [[Denver, Colorado]]; and [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]].<ref>Goss and Associates. (2007) ''[http://www.ernestgoss.com/working_chapters_v3.pdf The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Performing Arts on the City of Omaha]{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}''. Hollard Foundation. p. 14. Retrieved August 10, 2012.</ref> A recent study found investment of $1 million in cultural tourism generated approximately $83,000 in state and local taxes, and provided support for hundreds of jobs for the metropolitan area, which in turn led to additional tax revenue for government.<ref name="Nebraska1">Thompson, J. (2007) [https://web.archive.org/web/20080602222347/http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10158365 "Skeptics of stadium look for return on funding"], ''[[Omaha World-Herald]]''. October 15. Retrieved 5/2/08.</ref><ref>Goss and Associates. (2007) p. 11.</ref>