UPDATED: "We Are RI" Tourism Video Taken Down by Commerce
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UPDATED: "We Are RI" Tourism Video Taken Down by Commerce
The new "We Are Rhode Island" tourism video was released by the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation YouTube channel on Tuesday morning -- but was taken down Tuesday afternoon.
The spot is just under two minutes, and features the new controversial tourism logo at the end -- without the "cooler" and "warmer" words flanking the image, as in the original iteration that was unveiled on Monday. "Some people say that we're small, but they're not really looking -- we're an ocean of potential," says the narrator.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTTaken Down Over Controversial Footage?
The video, which was seen by thousands of viewers on Tuesday, contained footage of a skateboarder along a pier, next to a building -- that did not appear to be in Rhode Island, but rather the Harpa Concert Hall in Iceland.
READ: Rhode Island Unveils New Tourism Logo
Tourism Promotion: See How Much States Spend
48.
State: Pennsylvania
Tourism Spending: $5.8 Million
Total Expenditures: $85.3 Million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0068%
47.
State: Indiana
Tourism Spending: $2.3 million
Total Expenditures: $28.1 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0082%
Photo: Diego Delso
46.
State: Ohio
Tourism Spending: $5 million
Total Expenditures: $58.2 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0086%
45.
State: Rhode Island
Tourism Spending: $710,000
Total Expenditures: $7.8 Million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0090%
44.
State: Iowa
Tourism Spending: $2.4 million
Total Expenditures: $19.5 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0123%
Photo: Ben Franske
43.
State: New York
Tourism Spending: $19 million
Total Expenditures: $133 Million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0144%
42.
State: Georgia
Tourism Spending: $6.8 million
Total Expenditures: $42.4 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0160%
41.
State: New Jersey
Tourism Spending: $9 million
Total Expenditures: $50.8 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0177%
40.
State: Massachusetts
Tourism Spending: $10.9 million
Total Expenditures: $57.5 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0189%
39.
State: Delaware
Tourism Spending: $1.9 million
Total Expenditures: $9.1 million
% of State Budget Spent on tourism Promotion: 0.0213%
38.
State: California
Tourism Spending: $50 million
Total Expenditures: $211.4 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0236%
37.
State: North Carolina
Tourism Spending: $10.4 million
Total Expenditures: $43 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0242%
36.
State: Minnesota
Tourism Spending: $8.5 million
Total Expenditures: $33,074,000,000
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0257%
35.
State: Maryland
Tourism Spending: $10.4 million
Total Expenditures: $36.2 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0287%
34.
State: Kentucky
Tourism Spending: $7.4 million
Total Expenditures: $25.6 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0288%
33.
State: Kansas
Tourism Spending: $4.8 million
Total Expenditures: $13.9 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0344%
Photo: Gerald B. Keane
32.
State: West Virginia
Tourism Spending: $7.7 million
Total Expenditures: $22.3 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0345%
31.
State: Mississippi
Tourism Spending: $6.4 million
Total Expenditures: $18.5 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0346%
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
30.
State: Wisconsin
Tourism Spending: $14.9 million
Total Expenditures: $42.7 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0348%
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
29.
State: Tennessee
Tourism Spending: $11.7 million
Total Expenditures: $30.4 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0384%
Photo: Jeremy Atherton
28.
State: Virginia
Tourism Spending: $17.6 million
Total Expenditures: $45.7 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0385%
27.
State: Texas
Tourism Spending: $37.2 million
Total Expenditures: $93.2 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0399%
Photo: Copernico Contreras
26.
State: Arizona
Tourism Spending: $12.9 million
Total Expenditures: $28.2 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0456%
Photo: Luca Galuzzi
25.
State: Oregon
Tourism Spending: $12 million
Total Expenditures: $25.8 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0465%
Photo: Max Schwarz
24.
State: Alabama
Tourism Spending: $11.6 million
Total Expenditures: $24.5 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0473%
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
23.
State: New Mexico
Tourism Spending: $7.1 million
Total Expenditures: $14.6 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0483%
22.
State: Louisiana
Tourism Spending: $13.2 million
Total Expenditures: $27.3 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0483%
21.
State: Oklahoma
Tourism Spending: $10.7 million
Total Expenditures: $21.4 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0499%
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
20.
State: Missouri
Tourism Spending: $11.6 million
Total Expenditures: $22.9 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0506%
Photo: Daniel Schwen
19.
State: Colorado
Tourism Spending: $14.7 million
Total Expenditures: $29.035 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0506%
Photo: Gorgo
18.
State: Nebraska
Tourism Spending: $5.2 million
Total Expenditures: $10.1 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0512%
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
17.
State: Michigan
Tourism Spending: $27.4 million
Total Expenditures: $47.3 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0578%
Photo: Dave Parker
16.
State: Vermont
Tourism Spending: $2.9 million
Total Expenditures: $4.9 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0584%
Photo: Jared C. Benedict
15.
State: South Carolina
Tourism Spending: $13.6 million
Total Expenditures: $22.2 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0612%
Photo: MoodyGroove
14.
State: Arkansas
Tourism Spending: $15.1 million
Total Expenditures: $21.4 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0704%
13.
State: Illinois
Tourism Spending: $55.4 million
Total Expenditures: $65.2 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0849%
12.
State: Florida
Tourism Spending: $56.2 million
Total Expenditures: $63.9 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0879%
11.
State: North Dakota
Tourism Spending: $5.1 million
Total Expenditures: $5.712 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0893%
10.
State: Idaho
Tourism Spending: $7.2 million
Total Expenditures: $6.691 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1076%
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
9.
State: Utah
Tourism Spending: $14.4 million
Total Expenditures: $12.679 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1136%
Photo: Bernard Gagnon
8.
State: Maine
Tourism Spending: $9.8 million
Total Expenditures: $7.679 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1276%
7.
State: New Hampshire
Tourism Spending: $6.9 million
Total Expenditures: $5.017 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1375%
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
6.
State: Wyoming
Tourism Spending: $12.6 million
Total Expenditures: $9.132 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1380%
Photo: Shiras Rajendran
5.
State: Alaska
Tourism Spending: $17 million
Total Expenditures: $11.838 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1436%
4.
State: Nevada
Tourism Spending: $14.8 million
Total Expenditures: $8.897 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1663%
Photo: John Phelan
3.
State: Montana
Tourism Spending: $12.3 million
Total Expenditures: $6.04 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.2036%
2.
State: South Dakota
Tourism Spending: $12.2 million
Total Expenditures: $4.098 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.2977%
1.
State: Hawaii
Tourism Spending: $75 million
Total Expenditures: $11.584 million
% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.6474%
Photo: Cristo Vlahos
