Early sources:
- Relics
- Walls
- Wonders do not produce that much Tourism +9 max (+2 and +7 for each era) without modifiers. But the lifetime tourism accumulation that contributes to the visiting tourists is in the thousands.
- Great Works of Writing start producing tourism after Printing tech is researched
- City-States
- Ayutthaya, Kumasi, Antananarivo, Rapa Nui
- Max out envoys
Great Works and Artifacts
- Rank (culture/tourism)
- Writing (3/2)
- Art (3/2 or 3/4 (Kamāl Behzād, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Wassily Kandinsky)
- Music(4/4)
- Relics (6faith/8tourism)
- Art Museums over Archaeological. Only build 1 or 2 archaeological museums. Art is easier to generate and theme and there is more demand for its storage.
- Museum Theming
- Trade with other civs early, the closer to cultural domination you get the harder it will be to trade
- Unthemed museums with different artists generate more tourism
- Pingala
- Grants +100% generation Great People
- Curator title for Great Works – one city (+Hermitage, Bolshoi). Only applies to writing, music and art.
- Atomic GS Mary Leakey +300% Tourism from Artifacts
- Atomic Heritage Tourism policy +100% Tourism from Great Works and Artifacts.
- Sydney Opera House: Great Works Music (late)
- Atomic Satellite Broadcasts policy +200% Tourism from Great Work of Music.
Buildings
- Theater Square district buildings
- Each building holds Great Works
- Ferris Wheel +2, Arena +1, Stadiums, Shopping Mall +4
- National History Museum (Tier 3 Government)
Improvements
- Conservation plant woods to increase appeal for National Park and Seaside Resort tiles
- Reyna with Forestry title – one city effect:
- More than 1 national park
- Park Tiles are still worked by the city
- Other improvements, usually unique ones, that provided culture and faith start to provide tourism with Flight
- Ski resorts unlike any other improvement still provide tourism even if built beyond the 3rd ring of city’s working tiles
Wonders
- Eiffel Tower +2 appeal -> National Parks and Seaside Resorts tourism increase
- Cristo Redentor +100% seaside resorts
- Golden Gate Bridge +100% all improvements and National Parks and +4 Appeal
- Modern GE Aalto (+1 city) and Information GE Correa (+2 city) appeal
International Modifiers
- Open Borders +25% tourism
- Trade Routes +25% tourism
- Modern GM Sarah Breedlove +25% Tourism rate towards other civilizations you have a Trade Route to.
- Atomic GM Melitta Bentz +25% Tourism to other civilizations you have a Trade Route to. Increases Trade Route capacity by 1.
- Information Online Communities policy +50%
- Cultural Alliance level 3 You gain +20% of your ally’s Tourism from Cities
Computers +25% across empire
- Need to get through top “water” part of the science tree, including Industrialization
- Spies science boost missions
Environmentalism +25% across empire
- Almost the last civic – culture output is paramount
Rock Bands
- Only works until everyone gets Music Censorship policy, so hurry.
Learn more on how to efficiently use Rock Bands
Golden Age
- Atomic, Information and Future Era
Wish You Were Here +100% National Parks and +50% Wonders (cities w Governors!)
Reducers & Defense
- Your own culture provides domestic tourists to counter tourism pressure from the others
- Enlightenment civic -50% religious tourism against you
- Future era Space Tourism policy -20% tourism against you (last civic)
- Steal and buy Great Works from competitive AI to reduce their culture generation
Bonus
- Information GM Jamsetji Tata Information – Campus districts provide +10 Tourism Tourism.
- Information GM Masaru Ibuka Information – Industrial Zone districts provide +10 Tourism Tourism.
