Editing Pago Pago, American Samoa (section)

===Tourism===
[[File:RAINMAKER HOTEL, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Rainmaker Hotel]]]]
Tourism in [[American Samoa]] is centered around Pago Pago. It receives 34,000 visitors per year, which is one-fourth of neighboring country of [[Samoa]]. 69.3 percent of visitors are from the [[United States]] as of 2014.<ref>Harssel, Jan van and Richard H. Jackson (2014). ''National Geographic Learning's Visual Geography of Travel and Tourism''. Cengage Learning. Page 526. {{ISBN|9781305176478}}.</ref>

Until 1980, one could experience the view of Mt. Avala by taking an [[aerial tramway]] over the harbor, but on April 17 of that year a [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] plane, flying overhead as part of the [[Flag Day]] celebrations, struck the cable; the plane crashed into a wing of the [[Rainmaker Hotel]].<ref>Moos, Grant. 1980 [1997]. "April 17, 1980: Fiery crash halts Flag Day". ''Samoa News'', April 18, 1980 (reprinted in the ''Samoa News'', January 22, 1997: 4). Cited in Sorensen, Stan, and Joseph Theroux. ''[http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf The Samoan Historical Calendar, 1606–2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227053254/http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf |date=2009-02-27 }}''. p. 93.</ref> The tramway was repaired, but closed not long after. The tram remains unusable, although according to ''[[Lonely Planet]],'' plans have been put forth to reopen it, but in January 2011 the cable was damaged by Tropical [[Cyclone Wilma]], fell into the harbor and has not been repaired. Governor [[Lolo Matalasi Moliga]] announced in 2014 that he would look into restoring the cable car.<ref name="radionz">{{cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/257078/american-samoa-plans-cable-car-revival|title=American Samoa plans cable car revival|website=Radio New Zealand News|date=16 October 2014|access-date=November 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015038/http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/257078/american-samoa-plans-cable-car-revival|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Sadie Thompson Inn]], on the outskirts of Pago Pago, is a hotel and restaurant that is listed on the U.S. [[National Register of Historic Places]].

The Greater Pago Pago Area is home to more than 10 hotels:<ref name="Stanley-2004"/>{{rp|483–485}}