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Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe - World Tourism will discuss about the Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe is the largest freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada in the United States. In addition, Lake Tahoe is listed as 26th largest lake by volume in the world at 122,160,280 acre · ft (150.68249 km 3). On the surface elevation of 6225 ft (1897 m), located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is 1645 ft (501 m), making the United States the second-deepest.

Some winter sports are at Lake Tahoe:
During ski season, thousands of people from all over Nevada and California, including Reno, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Sacramento, flock to the slopes for downhill skiing. Lake Tahoe, in addition to the beauty of the panorama, the famous blizzard.

Some of the major ski areas in Tahoe include:

Heavenly Mountain Resort: the largest ski area in California and Nevada, located near Stateline

Squaw Valley: the second largest ski area, known for its hosting of the 1960 Winter Olympics, located near Tahoe City

Alpine Meadows: intermediate ski area on the north coast just a few miles from Squaw Valley

Diamond Peak: a small ski area located in Incline Village, Nevada

Northstar at Tahoe: a popular north shore ski area

Kirkwood Mountain Resort: a ski area gets more snow than other ski areas in the Tahoe

Sierra-at-Tahoe: a medium south shore ski area

Boreal Mountain Resort: a small ski area on Donner Pass

Sugar Bowl Ski Resort: intermediate ski area in Donner Pass

Donner Ski Ranch: a very small ski area on Donner Pass

Homewood Mountain Resort: intermediate ski area on the west coast

Mount Rose Ski Resort: intermediate ski area north-east of the lake, in Mount Slide

Most of the ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area in the north end of the lake, near Truckee, California and Reno, Nevada. Kirkwood, Sierra-at-Tahoe and Heavenly are located on the south side of the lake, about 80 miles (129 km) from Reno. Scattered throughout Tahoe are public and private sled parks. Some, such as Granlibakken are equipped with rope tows to help sledders get up the hill.

Many ski areas around Tahoe also have snow tubing, such as Squaw Valley. Throughout Tahoe, cross country skiing, snowmobile riding and snowshoeing are also popular.

Lake Tahoe has a main tourist attraction in both Nevada and California. Which is home to several ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a vital part of the region's economy and reputation. The mountain and lake scenery are attractions throughout the year. Nevada side also includes large casinos. Highways provide year-round access from Reno, Carson City and Sacramento.

Lake Tahoe was formed about 2 million years ago and is part of the Lake Tahoe Basin with the modern lake formed during the ice age. It is known for the clarity of the water and the panorama of surrounding mountains on all sides. The area around the lake is also referred to as Lake Tahoe, or simply Tahoe.

Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyon - World Tourism will discuss about the Antelope Canyon. Antelope Canyon was first opened in 1997, and the Navajo tribe for a Navajo Tribal Park. Which is one source of tourism business for the Navajo Nation. Probably for fans of photography you are obliged to visit this place. It has superb views to your photo collection. Some people call Antelope Canyon as bighánílíní Tse, which is where the water flows through the rock.

Antelope Canyon most frequently visited by tourists the world, because it has two keistemewaan. First, its entrance and entire length are at ground level, and does not require a climb to get to. Second, beam or shaft of direct sunlight radiating down from openings in the top of the canyon so much more common in Upper than in Lower. On the beam is most common in summer months, because it requires the sun to be high in the sky. Winter colors are a bit more muted like the photo shown here. Summer months provide two types of lighting. Beams of light began to peer into the canyon March 15 and disappear October 7 each year.

Some people call Hazdistazí which is lower Antelope Canyon, or a spiral rock arches. Prior to installation of metal stairs, visiting the canyon required climbing stairs along the pre-installed in certain areas. Despite these limitations, Lower Antelope Canyon a lot of interesting a large number of photographers, though casual travelers are far less common there than at the top. Antelope Canyon visited exclusively through the tour, partly because of rain during the rainy season can quickly overwhelm the canyon.

Dead Horse Point State Park

Dead Horse Point State Park is a famous park in the state of Utah, USA, featuring a dramatic overlook the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park. The park is so named because it supposedly said this place used as a natural home by cowboys in the 19th century. While the name "dead horse" is that the home was abandoned, but the horses do not leave home, even after the gate was left open, and died there.

Devils Tower is a very famous rock located in northeastern Wyoming, USA. Height of more than 1266 ft and formed about 65 million years ago by volcanic activity.
The tower was first seen by white explorers from the United States, the Geological Survey in 1875. And was first climbed, using a long wooden ladder attached to the surface of the stone, on July 4, 1893.

Saint Louis Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana. This cemetery is quite famous in the world, because he is the oldest cemetery complex in the world, with a dome-shaped dome and most built in the 18th and the 19th century.
And for segedar know it, the following names of famous people buried here: 'Marie Laveau' Voodoo priest, 'Bernard de Marigny' carrier dice game to the USA, 'Barthelemy Lafon' a pirate, 'Paul Morphy' one First Chess world champion in the world, and "Delphine LaLaurie", the murderous socialite.

And now the grave has become one of the many tourist attractions visited by tourists. The people who come here want to feel the tour with a different atmosphere of the tour in general, that a trip to a scary place and extreme. So, the cemetery is now one of the creepy tourist destination in the world.

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon is a steep canyon area is very famous in the world, the sides carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and reaches depths of more than a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 meters). Nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau uplifted.

Now this area is regarded as one of the Natural Wonders of the World, so much attract tourists from all over the world to come to this area, which is approximately five million visitors per year. Also here there is a place that is considered as the most sought-after areas visited by tourists and the horseshoe-shaped Pant-Filler that hangs approximately 4000ft above the surface and 65ft wide in the outer edge of a steep canyon. From this place you could look down the edge of the abyss that must akanmembuat you fear and chills. The horshoe shaped skywalk is built on the best quality glass walls 4 inches thick. And if you want to climb temoat visitors must wear socks scratch-proof special-order them at the sight. So this place became one of the places with breathtaking scenery in the world.

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the state of the United States Illinois, which was established on August 12, 1833. The city which has a size of about 762 mil2 extensive (1973 km2) has a total population of around 2.7 million inhabitants, placing it as the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most congested in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles. At that time, the city is living life with music and color, hidden liquor store where she danced and money flowed like water. In addition the City is also a service center, business and finance and listed as one of the world's top ten Global Financial Centre, and according to The Atlantic as a city of the 4th world's most economically powerful.

Chicago also became one of the world's tourist center, many tourists from all over the world come to this city for a vacation. Because here there are many beautiful places and historic favored by tourists. One of the main street of the city's most famous, Western Avenue, is one of the longest urban street in the world. Upscale shopping along the Magnificent Mile and State Street, thousands of restaurants, as well as Chicago's leading architecture, continues to attract tourists. Grant Park holds the Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain (1927), and the Art Institute of Chicago. Park also hosts the annual Taste of Chicago festival. Two towers fountain display visual effects from LED images face the Chicago ', along with the water bursts from their lips. High Ferris is one of the most visited landmarks in the Midwest, attracting about 8 million people annually. Here are the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States. In 1998, the city officially opened the Museum Campus, a 10-acre (4.0 hectare) lake park, about three major museums of the city, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Field Museum of Natural history, and the Shedd Aquarium.

What are you waiting, immediately come and enjoy the beauty of one of the cities with the best architecture in the world, that will definitely make you feel at home and comfortable being here.

Lanikai Beach

Lanikai Beach is one of the few beaches in the world which is very famous for its beauty. Very famous for its beauty, this place is very popular for shooting, and many world famous models and photographers.
This beach is located in Lanikai, suburban Kailua, Hawaii. This beach is very crowded on weekends and holidays, but this is reversed when the working day, which feels very lonely.
Now the beach is included in the category of best beaches in the world.

Hamptons

Hamptons is a very beautiful beach, so that could be categorized as one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Here form a popular seaside resort, one of the Summer Colony Historical from the Northeast United States. Here you can perform the usual appropriate on the beach in general, sperti swimming, diving, etc.. But there are other facilities you can enjoy, namely Sebonack Golf Club, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Golf Links in Southampton and the American National Club Maidstone in East Hampton.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall - a wall that the U.S.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall - a wall that the U.S. is a very historic moment for the U.S. Community Sector. This wall is where the national memorial in Washington, USA, honoring U.S. service members of the U.S. armed forces are more than 58,000 soldiers who died or disappeared during operations in Vietnam in 1959 until 1975. The wall that was completed in 1982 is maintained by the U.S. National Park Service, and receives around 3 million visitors every year.

And in 2007, this wall was ranked tenth in the "List of Favorite American Architecture" by the American Institute of Architects. And now the results of this wall became one of the best and the historic buildings in the world.

Nantucket Island

World tourism will discuss on Nantucket Island. Nantucket Island is an island located 30 miles or 48 miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Nantucket is a tourist destination and summer colony. Population on the island will be increased from 10,000 to 50,000 people during the summer progresses, as many tourists and summer residents residing on the island.

Coatue

Coatue is a long barrier beach that is located in Nantucket Island, Coatue is split between the sound of Nantucket Harbor Nantucket. He had six points. The gap between Coatue and Pocomo called Wauwinet Straits.

Pond mound

Pond mound is a large pond in the southern coast of the island of Nantucket. Created at the Pond mound last ice age by melting ice and used to be much larger.

Miacomet Pond

Miacomet Pond is a pond, slim narrow in the south coast of the island of Nantucket. These ponds have rivers, but the sea rose to make Nantucket an island in the last ice age.

Hills Popsquatchet

The Hills Popsquatchet are many peaks that are in Nantucket Island. Rarely reach 100 feet or about 30 m, they can be gaps of Nantucket. Chicken Hill is a hill located in the northeast. On the east side of Chicken Hill, there is a very deep valley known as the Valley of the Dead Horse. On the north side of the hill, is Colt Valley.

In the winter time, the Valley of the Dead Horse is the best sledding area on the island. Chicken Hill's name to an old chicken farm run by William G. Egan.

Squam Swamp

Squam Swamp, a large swamp on the east side of Nantucket Island, located between Wauwinet Road, Squam Road, and Quidnet Road, just located in the northwest and northeast of Quidnet Polpis Harbor.

Venetian Resort Hotel Casino

Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is a hotel and casino resort is very luxurious and famous in the world, so it makes a lot of visitors from abroad to come to this place. The place is situated between Harrah's and The Palazzo on the east side of Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, the United States is part of the five largest diamond hotel and resort complex in the world with 4049 suites, a 4059 room hotel and 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) casinos. Forging was built at a cost of $ 1.5 billion, so it is no wonder if one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

The resort opened on May 3, 1999 with a flutter of white doves, musical accompaniment, and featuring the actress Sophia Loren and Owner, Sheldon G. Adelson.