Talk:Oban

Neutrality

People do not just pass through Oban. --SVTCobra (talk) 03:31, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Not disagreeing that it is worth a visit, but most visitors are passing through: in 2009 Oban - Craignure 578,000 ferry passanges , in 2018 72,000 visits and 169,000 nights. --Traveler100 (talk) 05:22, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Yes, but because it is where the ferry stops. But reading the opening paragraphs here makes it sound like Oban is not itself ever a destination. Which is false. Even the second link states the average stay is TWO nights. Wikivoyage says one. Also, being the 50th most popular destination in the UK is not earned by being a transit point. --SVTCobra (talk) 13:56, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Neutrality is expressly not a Wikivoyage policy, but I don't think that's what this discussion is about. Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:18, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Probably, Wikivoyage:Be fair is relevant here. I think we can remove the content that puts Oban in a potentially negative light. --Comment by Selfie City (talk | contributions) 20:40, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

I have visited Oban about 20 times. In most occasions I have only spent a few hours in Oban - the time between the train and the ferry, but have also stayed the night a couple of times, and once spent two nights. I think that the town itself has enough to occupy one day at most - the Distillery, McCaig's Tower, the museum, St Columba's Cathedral and maybe one of the castles. If you stay any longer, I would suggest taking a ferry for a day trip. I would suggest adding a sentence to the intro saying that there are things to see, but the statistics do show a large number just passing through. AlasdairW (talk) 21:27, 17 September 2019 (UTC)