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Tourism in the United States represents an important economic activity. The United States is indeed the third world countries for the number of tourists, behind France and Spain. They rank second-largest issuer of tourists in terms of revenue. In 2007, the number of international tourists has reached over 56 million people who have spent 122.7 billion dollars, establishing the real time record. Tourists visiting the U.S. to see natural wonders, cities, historical and cultural sites, casinos, amusement parks. Tourism activity in the United States believes rapidly as urban tourism in the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century century century. In the 1850s, tourism was established both as a cultural activity and as an industry. New York, Chicago, Washington, DC and San Francisco all the major cities of the United States, have attracted a large number of tourists in the 1890s. From 1915, the street circuits have marked significant changes in how Americans perceived, organized and moved into urban areas. The democratization of travel is in the early twentieth century the century when the automobile revolutionized travel. During the period 1945-1969, the development of aviation also allowed to revolutionize travel, contributing greatly to tourism in the country. In the United States, tourism is either the first, second or third largest employer in 29 states with 7.3 million people in 2004 to 1.19 billion deal with travel tourist spending in the U.S. in 2005 . As in 2007, there were 2 462 National Historic Landmark (NHL) registered and recognized by the U.S. government. The tourist attraction most visited in the United States was Times Square in Manhattan (New York), which attracts approximately 35 million visitors each year. A vast country: the United States is the fourth largest state in the world. This factor is a vast variety of landscapes: the country has all kinds of terrain and many climates. Winter tourism is concentrated in the northern Appalachians, the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada. The tourist resort is developed on the coast of Florida due to tropical climate. Southern California enjoys a Mediterranean climate conducive to water sports. The history of the United States is recent, but there are many Native American archaeological sites: the most important are the Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde left by the Anasazi culture. The cities of New England also offer architectural heritage of seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Louisiana is famous for its colonial houses and the French Quarter of New Orleans. But major U.S. tourist attractions are many natural sites scattered throughout the country. The United States attracts visitors with its culture: the films convey images of a country that may seem familiar. Finally, the tourism offer is supported by major equipment: the United States has a hotel capacity equivalent to one quarter of the capacity of the entire African continent. The city tourism mainly benefits the megalopolis of the Northeast, which are concentrated in major cities. California is the second outbreak of urban tourism in the United States with two major cities: Los Angeles and San Francisco. In the 1980s, many municipalities have begun work on conversion of water fronts to attract tourists: the case of Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco), but other examples exist in Boston, Detroit or Baltimore. Miami is the first center of cruising the country with 3 million passengers per year. |
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