Sarah+Brylowski

The topic of our presentation is tourism in the United States. And in connection with this we will also deal with the impact of global events like the 9/11 on tourism and the consequences for tourists who are planning to travel to the US.

In my part of the presentation I will focus on U.S. tourism in general and on the top tourist destinations in the U.S.

First, I will give you a brief overview of the main vacation areas, tourist features, and natural beauty spots in the United States.
 * Overview of tourism in the United States** (2 slides / 2 minutes):

Based on the Publication of Global Insight (“The global leader in economic and financial analysis, forecasting and market intelligence for more than 40 years”), I will present the top 20 U.S. tourist destinations.
 * The Top 20 U.S. Tourist Destinations** (1 slide / 1 minute):

Afterwards, I will go into detail for 2 top destinations · San Francisco (CA) · New York City (NY) Lastly, I will describe the development in the US tourist sector during the last few years. In the case of New York City I will present interesting facts such as the trend in total visitors from 1998-2006, the figures for international and domestic visitors, the economic impact, etc..
 * Choice out of 3** (9 slides / 8/9 minutes):


 * Sources for all parts:**

[|www.globalinsight.com]

[|www.world-tourism.org]

[|www.wikipedia.org]

http://www.mayors.org/uscm/news/press_releases/documents/atlanta_report_101702.pdf

[|www.nycvisit.com]

http://classshares.student.usp.ac.fj/TS401/TS401%20Readings/The%20Impact%20of%20911%20and%20Other%20Terrible%20Global%20Events%20on%20Tourism%20in%20the%20United%20States%20and%20Hawaii.pdf

http://www.kansascityfed.org/Publicat/Econrev/PDF/3q03wilk.pdf