Sightseeing tour bus

[mbobojar]

Hi!
Is it normal that that only few people use sightseeing buses? It's like 4 or 5 max. I have couple of lines which starts near train/metro station going near some tourist attractions (unique buildings) and ends at the zoo. Should I change route of these buses?
Thanks for help :)

[Nabeghlavi]

I was wondering the same thing. I've been building some sightseeing lines and either they just aren't worth it, or I'm building them incorrectly. Or perhaps my other methods of tourist transit are so much better than no one uses the buses? TBH I've mainly been building them to get the achievement, I'm worried that's all they might be good for...

Here's some stats:
My city currently has between 1800 and 2000 tourists, according to the city statistics. I have 12 sightseeing lines with 186 tourists and zero residents utilizing them per week. There's plenty to see in my city, a fair amount of landmarks, tons of parks, almost all 4 different types of max'd out parkland parks, plus a Space Elevator, cruise ship terminal and regular airport with ample connections by highway and rail from out of town. Doesn't really seem worthwhile unless I'm doing something wrong. In contrast, I'm moving the following number of tourists per week by other methods- tram 358, metro 1,152, train 479, cable cars 102.

Also, I noticed that there were a massive amount of empty sightseeing buses that were clogging up traffic quite badly. Therefore, I cut funding by 50% (they were not popular before I did this either) to cut down the number of buses. Unlike regular buses, I noticed my sightseeing buses stop for a long period of time, waiting for no one. It was blocking up traffic on four lane roads quite badly. Also, for reference I'm not running any mods. Thanks for the input.

[Simon]

I just got Parklife and I'm disappointed with how these function also. I'd say very little has changed since the DLC was released. Even the asset itself is bad and doesn't look at all like any tourist bus that I've seen (most have open tops). The stops can't share regular passenger stops, and there should be an option to make the price less than 10 or even free as well.

I have free public transport in my city so it seems all the tourists prefer to take that instead, and why wouldn't they when I've got good connections to everything as it is? Hopefully the walking tours are more popular.

[Sasquatch]

The first thing I would try is to make the lines all express routes to specific destinations. So, train>zoo, train>park, etc. That will make those quicker than the regular bus routes, so more likely to be used. Even with regular buses you don't want a lot of stops on a route or else walking may be quicker.

[buda atum]

1 or 2 user's is not unusual. They depend on what's on the route. Compensation is high ticket price.

[Simon]

Lol. I saw a low wealth citizen using it at 30 cims (if that's what the currency is called).