Describe the reporting and interviewing techniques used by Kirk Semple in this story.

In this story Kirk Semple started off with some background information and goes into the topic of the story, that being that Queens is the number one travel destination in the United States. The headline alone before reading the story surprised me and drew me into really wanting to know what made Queens the place tourists did not want to leave. Semple made the reader believe and understand when he emphasized that Queens and not Miami or Manhattan etc., but Queens was the number one travel destination. Also the facts and quotes used in the story made the story so compelling, like the number increase of visitors and number of hotels built or in plan of construction. What really stood out to me were the quotes made by the visitors themselves. The quotes made the story relatable, the visitors explained the wants of something authentic, and being someone that travels myself I understand the want of something authentic from a different place rather than just visiting the famous sites. Finally ending the story with a quote that completely conflicts what the entire story was trying to explain and prove, leaving the reader in a awkward but questioning position, I thought that was very interesting.