Editing New Bedford, Massachusetts (section)

===Tourism===
While accurate figures are hard to come by, [[tourism]] appears to be a growing industry. New Bedford tourism centers on fairs and festivals including the Whaling City Festival, Fourth of July, Jazzfest, Working Waterfront Festival, Polish Fest, New Bedford Day of Portugal, Senhor Da Pedra feast, Holy Ghost of Pico feast, and the Portuguese [[Feast of the Blessed Sacrament]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://portuguesefeast.com/|title=FEAST OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT|website=portuguesefeast.com|language=en|access-date=March 27, 2017|archive-date=March 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328110119/http://portuguesefeast.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> (the largest Portuguese cultural celebration in the nation). Tourism also focuses on the historic whaling industry, and the [[New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park]] is the only national park unit that focuses on the whaling industry's impact on the history of the United States. The [[Buttonwood Park Zoo]] features various species, including one [Asian elephant], Emily, the only one in New England.

Driven in part by increased tourism, a [[Fairfield Inn by Marriott|Fairfield Inn and Suites]] hotel opened in New Bedford in late May 2010, on the edge of the city's harbor. This became the first hotel in the city to open in over 40 years, though it is well-supplied with bed and breakfast establishments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121221%2FSCBULLETIN%2F301010312|title=Fairfield Inn earns 'Small Business of Year' award|access-date=May 10, 2013|archive-date=December 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221235414/http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121221%2FSCBULLETIN%2F301010312|url-status=live}}</ref> A secondary hotel, New Bedford Harbor Hotel, opened during the summer of 2018.