Top 10 Vacation Locations
10. Denver: located at the base of the Rocky Mountains, Denver is one of America's most beautiful
cities. And one of the most fun. Blessed with 300 days of sunshine a year, Denver is a lively city with a great love of the outdoors. Here you'll find the nation's largest city park system,90 golf courses and an incredible 650 miles of paved bike trails. But Denver is also a cultural and sophisticated city.
9. Atlanta: in the past two decades Atlanta has experienced unprecedented growth -- the official city population remains steady, at about 420,000, but the metro population has grown in the past decade by nearly 40%, from 2.9 million to 4.1 million people. A good measure of this growth is the ever-changing downtown skyline, along with skyscrapers constructed in the Midtown. Atlanta is the Capital city of the southeast, a city of the future with strong ties to its past. The old in new Atlanta is the soul of the city, the heritage that enhances the quality of life in a contemporary city. In the turbulent 60's, Atlanta was "the city too busy to hate." And today,in the 21st Century, Atlanta is the "city not too busy to care".
8. Miami:known for its diverse culture and ethnicity is the largest municipality in Miami-Dade County. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 362,470. By the year 2010 the population in the City is projected to rise to 390,191. Miami which is known as the Gateway to Latin America attracts a tremendous amount of foreign born people, resulting in a large Latin American population that includes Cubans, Nicaraguans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Puerto Ricans, Argentineans, Ecuadorians, Brazilians, Dominicans, Haitians and Mexicans. According to the 2000 U.S. census, the City has a 60 percent Hispanic population , a 22.3 percent African-American population and a 11.9 percent White/other population.
The City of Miami known as the “Magic City” is located in Southeast Florida, in Miami-Dade County on the Miami River, between the Florida Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean. Since its incorporation in 1896, the City has grown tremendously, transforming it into one of the world’s renowned centers where people can work, live and play while enjoying a high quality of life.
7. New York City:is broken down into five prominent areas: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. In Manhattan, weave your way through New York’s first district, Wall Street and the Financial District, to view the hustle and bustle of investment banks and the moneymakers. Hear soothing trumpets at a jazz lounge or satisfy your soul with down-home cooking in Harlem, birthplace of the artistic and literary Harlem Renaissance. Frequent trendy bars, galleries and designer shops in decadent Soho or tour the lively neighborhoods of Chinatown and Little Italy.
Right in the middle of it all, wander the streets of Midtown and visit the well-known greenery of Central Park. Businesses focused on publishing, fashion and finance make their home in this area. Midtown is home to famed Apprentice overseer, Donald Trump’s Trump Tower and an ice skater’s dream, Rockefeller Center. Bright lights and larger-than-life billboards decorate the scene at Times Square. Follow the flyers plastered everywhere inviting you to the next Broadway musical.
6. Orlando: in independent national surveys, parents consistently select Orlando, San Diego and Washington, DC among the top 10 cities of choice for a Family Spring Break® vacation. Family Spring Break® is a travel trend defined as families traveling together with children, high school-aged or younger, during March and April, the typical spring break timeframe. The three cities are offering easy-to-book travel packages designed to give families an opportunity to spend quality time and reconnect with one another in popular, family friendly destinations.
5. San Francisco:is a unique and breathtaking metropolis. From the famous icon of the Golden Gate Bridge to the exquisite art galleries at SFMOMA, the City takes pride in its unrivaled attractions, renowned museums, and its unique neighborhoods which are treasures of its own. Discover the variety of sites, shops, and restaurants that reflect the City's great ethnic and cultural diversity.
4. Caribbean: Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Aruba , Bahamas , Abaco Island , Andros Island , Bimini , Cat Island , Eleuthera Island , Exuma Island , Grand Bahama Island , Long Island , Paradise Island , Barbados , Belize , Bermuda , Bonaire , British Virgin Islands , Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman Island , Little Cayman , Cayman Brac , Curacao , Dominica , Dominican Republic , Cabarete , Puerto Plata , Punta Cana , Santo Domingo , Grenada , Guadeloupe , Honduras , Jamaica, Montego Bay , Negril , Ocho Rios , Port Antonio , Martinique , Mexico , Cancun , Cozumel , Grand Costa Maya , Riviera Maya , Isla Mujeres , Puerto Rico , Saba , St Barthelemy , St Eustatius , St Kitts & Nevis , St Kitts , Nevis , St Lucia , St Maarten , St Martin , St Vincent & Grenadines , Trinidad and Tobago , Turks & Caicos , US Virgin Islands , St Croix , St John , St Thomas , Venezuela
3. Hawaii:hiking through Hawaii’s lush rainforests, Lounging on a secluded beach or Cruising down a volcano on a mountain bike at top speed. These are just a few of the activities you can do while in Hawaii - The Islands of Aloha. From catching a sunset sail on a balmy, tropical evening to hitting the ski slopes at Mauna Kea crater, Hawaii offers activities to please each individual. You can snorkel, hike, explore and catch an afternoon luau (feast) all in one day. The choice is yours. All you have to do is figure out what you want to do while on vacation in Hawaii. Then again, you may want to do nothing at all.
2. Mexico:is a traveler's paradise, crammed with a multitude of opposing identities: desert landscapes, snow-capped volcanoes, ancient ruins, teeming industrialized cities, time-warped colonial towns, glitzy resorts, lonely beaches and a world-beating collection of flora and fauna. This mix of modern and traditional, the cliched and the surreal, is the key to Mexico's charm, whether your passion is throwing back margaritas, listening to howler monkeys, surfing the Mexican Pipeline, scrambling over Mayan ruins or expanding your Day of the Dead collection of posable skeletons.
1. Las Vegas: has long been a favorite recreation destination for millions of visitors. In the early 1950s, however, community leaders realized the cyclical nature of tourism caused a significant decline in the number of visitors during the weekdays, throughout the summer months, and over the Christmas season. A new market was identified in order to attract more visitors to the area during the slow periods - convention attendees. On April 29, 1959, the Las Vegas Convention Center officially opened with a 20,340 square-foot rotunda, 18 meeting rooms and a 90,000 square-foot exhibit hall. In its first year of operation, the LVCVA hosted eight conventions that were attended by 22,519 delegates. In 2004, Las Vegas hosted 22,286 conventions and meetings attended by more than 5.7 million delegates. Increased convention attendance has resulted in additional jobs for the citizens of Southern Nevada.
There's more to see and do in Vegas than you can possibly imagine. Casino gambling is not the only game in town. Outstanding golf courses along with world class spas draws in millions of visitors from all over the world each year. Las Vegas is also well known for weddings and divorces.
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