Happy National Tourism Day! Way back in 1841, the Thomas Cook Company organized its first excursion, a return rail journey from Leicester to a temperance (anti-alcohol) meeting in Loughborough, 12 miles away. The cost? One shilling. This is the oldest travel company and that was its first tour. In the United States, National Tourism Day takes place on May 7. Take an amazing photo today, from where ever you have adventured, and share it on social media using the hashtag #NationalTourismDay or #TourismDay.
This day is observed during National Travel and Tourism Week, which occurs every first full week of May. National Travel and Tourism Week was first celebrated in May 1983, as President Ronald Reagan signed a Proclamation urging all citizens to observe the week.
Did you know?
Depending from where you start and where you want to end, it can take 4 to 5 days to drive all the way from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast. It's between 2500 and 3500 miles from side to side, so you'd better get started. If you drive for 8 hours a day, and you want to see all of her amber waves of grain, it could take up to 6 days! Don't worry, there are more than 1400 rest areas all across America, just in case.. I told you to go before we left the house!
Kansas produces enough wheat in 1 year to feed everyone in the whole world for two weeks! If there was a logical way to transport and distribute all the wheat in Kansas around the world, then no one would go hungry for two weeks (except everyone who avoids gluten). It’s all just proof of how important farmers are - and how big Kansas is!
One in eight people in the United States has been employed by McDonald’s. In fact, McDonald's hires over 1 million people every year! It's a great springboard to a future culinary career! (I didn't learn to cook there, but I sure learned how to run a successful restaurant. Rules, rules, rules!)
Russia sold Alaska to the United States for 2 cents per acre! The largest state in the nation by far is Alaska, and it came cheap at just $7.2 million total. (I'm guessing it's because only Americans know the definition of acre.)
More people live in New York City than in 40 out of 50 states! That's right! New York City may be geographically tiny, but it’s home to 8.5 million people and growing. That's 8 times more people than live in Montana! The number one industry in Montana is agriculture, and livestock accounts for two-thirds of it. There are approximately 2.6 million cattle in Montana and just over 1 million humans residing there.
There are around 5,000 commercial airplanes flying over the United States at any given time! Look up in the sky for long enough and you’re bound to see an airplane whizzing by. Air traffic controllers have their work cut out for them, because all of those planes are usually flying at the same time. Still, air travel is one of the statistically safest (and fastest) ways to get from place to place.
Travel is good for lots of things – if you’re traveling for business, on a one-week family trip, or gave up everything to pursue a nomadic life, traveling can make you a happier person by building self-confidence through new experiences, breaking barriers and allowing you to meet people from all over the world.
00:00 Intro
00:09 What is National Tourism Day?
00:31 NTTW 2021 slogan: Power of Travel
00:53 Tour Across America
01:10 Did you know?
01:40 OH NO!
01:56 Revive and Reconnect America through Travel
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