1、A Survey of the United States of America6. Cities and Tourism,School of Western Studies Heilongjiang University,Cities and Tourism,New York City Washington D.C. San Francisco Los Angeles Chicago Las Vegas Niagara Falls,New York City (1),The largest city. The most densely populated major city in the

2、US. Founded by the Dutch in 1624 as a commercial trading post. Serves as the capital from 1785 to 1790. The Worlds major center of commerce and finance.,New York City (2),“The City That Never Sleeps” “The Big Apple”,The Five Boroughs（自治的市鎮(zhèn)） of NYC,Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island,Major

3、Tourist Resorts Of NYC,The Statue of Liberty Wall Street and New York Stock Exchange Times Square UN Headquarters Central Park Chinatown,Washington D. C.,The Capital of the United States The US Congress has supreme authority over the district. It is not a state. It is the first carefully planned cit

4、y in the world. The first American president George Washington chose the site of D.C.,But if it were,It would rank last in area. Second to last in population. First in population density. First in percentage of African Americans.,Memorial Parks in Washington,Washington Monument Thomas Jefferson Memo

5、rial Lincoln Memorial World War II Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial Arlington National Cemetery Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial,National Mall (1),It is an open-area national park in downtown Washington D. C. It refers to the entire area between the Lincoln Memorial

6、and the Capitol. The Mall runs 3 kilometers long.,National Mall (2),National Museum of American History National Museum of Natural History National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden West Building of the National Gallery of Art,National Mall (3),East Building of the National Gallery of Art United State

7、s Botanic Garden National Museum of the American Indian National Air and Space Museum,National Mall (4),Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Arts and Industries Building Smithsonian Institution Building Freer Gallery of Art National Museum of African Art United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,San

8、Francisco,The California Gold Rush in 1848 transformed the city into the largest city on the West Coast at the time. The San Francisco earthquake struck the city at 5:12 A.M. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. It was registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. The official death toll was over 3,000.,Major Touri

9、st Resorts of San Francisco,The Golden Gate Bridge Alcatraz Island Fishermans Wharf The cable cars Chinatown Lombard Street,Los Angeles,The second largest city in the US. L.A. or The City of Angels. World leader in producing popular entertainmentmotion picture.,Major Tourist Resorts,Universal Studio

10、 Hollywood Disneyland Park Long Beach Santa Monica Beach,Universal Studio Hollywood,One of the oldest and most famous Hollywood movie studios still in use. “The Entertainment Capital of LA” “The Coolest Place in LA”,Disneyland Park,“the happiest place on Earth” Opened in 1955, in ceremonies led by W

11、alt Disney. The only theme park that was designed, built, opened, and operated by Walt Disney. Divided into five realms: Main Street, Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland.,Chicago,The third largest city in the US. The center of finance, industry and culture in the Midwest. It becam

12、e notorious worldwide for its violent gangsters in the 1920s.,Las Vegas,Spanish: “The Meadows” An internationally renowned major resort city for the gaming industry, shopping and entertainment. Entertainment Capital of the World Large casino resorts（娛樂場，(供表演跳舞賭博的地點), 一種牌戲） Sin City （罪孽城市） The brightest city on earth.,Las Vegas Strip,Also known as the Strip, is an 6.4 kilometers section of the Las Vegas Boulevard. 18 of the 25 largest hotels by room count are there. Theme hotels and casinoes. This most famous place is not in downtown L