FLORIDA (USA)

Places of interest: Everglades National Park, Walt Disney World in Orlando, and the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.

Major cities: Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, St Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa

CALIFORNIA (USA)

Places of interest: Southern Californian beaches, Disneyland, Hollywood, Palm Springs, Lake Tahoe, the wine country of the Napa and Sonoma valleys, Yosemite and Sequoia national parks and many historical sites.

Major cities: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose

ONTARIO (Canada)

Places of interest: Ontario's parks, forests, extensive shoreline, and numerous lakes and rivers provide excellent conditions for swimming, boating, fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, skating, ice hockey, and skiing. There are many places of historical interest, including Fort Malden National Historic Site (Amherstburg), Fort George National Historic Site, Fort Wellington National Historic Site (Prescott), Bellevue House (Kingston).

Major cities: Hamilton, London, Mississauga, Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor

NEW BRUNSWICK (Canada)

Places of interest: Fort Beauséjour National Historic Park (Sackville), the Martello Tower (Saint John), the St Andrews Blockhouse. Scenic forests and rivers provide excellent opportunities for hunting, fishing (salmon), and boating; winter sports are also popular.

Major cities: Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton

QUEBEC (Canada)

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NOVA SCOTIA (Canada)

Places of interest: Historical sites include Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Park, Fort Anne National Historic Site (Annapolis Royal), Fort Edward National Historic Site (Windsor), Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, (Louisbourg), Grand Pré National Historic Site, and Halifax Citadel National Historic Site. The national and provincial parks, a lengthy shoreline, rivers and lakes offer ideal conditions for boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, camping, and hunting. Golf, tennis, skiing, and ice hockey are also popular.

Major cities: Halifax, Sackville, Sydney

NEWFOUNDLAND (Canada)

Places of interest: Gros Morne National Park, L'Anse aux Meadows, Terra Nova National Park; the Native American burial ground at Port au Choix, a Viking village at L'Anse-aux-Meadows, Cabot Tower in the Signal Hill National Historic Site (St John's Harbour). Trout and salmon fishing are excellent; hunting is also popular.

Major cities: St John's, Corner Brook

BRITISH COLUMBIA (Canada)

Places of interest: Outstanding scenic and recreational attractions, including the source of the Columbia river, and the Glacier, Jasper, Mount Revelstoke, and Yoho national parks. There are opportunities for water sports, salmon fishing, hunting, hiking, and camping. Many historical sites commemorate the pioneers and early settlers.

Major cities: Nanaimo, Vancouver, Victoria

THE CARIBBEAN

Attractions: Scenery, beaches, the climate, the atmosphere

Main islands: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands

NEW YORK

Places of interest: The state has many areas of natural beauty and interest, including Niagara Falls, the beaches of Long Island, Finger Lakes, and the lakes of the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains; many sites of historical interest; Statue of Liberty; opportunities for outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, swimming, boating, fishing, hunting, and winter sports

Major cities: New York City, Manhattan, Staten Island, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester

VIRGINIA

HAWAII (USA)

Places of interest: Historical sites commemorating the islands' early Polynesian heritage, Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park; the mountain of Mauna Kea, the active volcanoes of Mauna Loa and Kilauea Caldera in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park; Waikiki Beach; Haleakala National Park (Maui), which includes Puu Ulaula Observatory and Haleakala Crater; Pearl Harbor. Hawaii's climate, coastline and mountains make it ideal for outdoor activities such as boating, surfing, swimming, scuba-diving, hiking, camping, golf and tennis.

Main islands: Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau, and Kahoolawe

Major cities: Honolulu, Kaunakakai, Lihue, Kapaa, Wailuku

ALBERTA (Canada)

Places of interest: The Rocky Mountains in the south-west provide some of the most spectacular scenery in Canada; Provincial Museum and Archives (Edmonton), the Space Sciences Centre (Edmonton), Glenbow Museum (Calgary), Heritage Park (Calgary), Dinosaur Park (Calgary), Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology (Drumheller); Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site; Fort Whoop-up (Lethbridge); Banff National Park, Elk Island National Park, Jasper National Park, Waterton Lakes National Park, and Wood Buffalo National Park.

Major cities: Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Peace River, Grande Prarie, Banff, Lethbridge

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