Grand Canyon

What:Canyon
Where: Grand Canyon,
Reasons for tourisms: Natural attraction

Grand canyon's unique features:
1)Geographical record beautifully preserved and exposed

2)Variety of rocks, clarity which they are exposed, complex geologic story they tell

3)-The older geologic story is that revealed in the thick sequence of rocks exposed on the canyon's wall. These rocks provide an amazing albeit incomplete story of the Paleozoric era (550-250 million years ago) and scattered remains of the Precambian rocks as old as 2 million years.

4)These rocks tell a far older story than the canyon itself (which only formed 5-6 million years ago), a relative youngster in geological terms.
Sources: http://www.itsnature.com/ http://www.grandcanyontrecks.org/
1) promoting nature and photographic material of natural attractions
2) Promoting tourism to the Grand Canyon via the agency

Alexa

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The Grand Canyon is a steep sided Gorge carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, USA within the Grand Canyon National Park. The Grand Canyon is 446km long, and ranges in width from 6.9km to 29km, with a depth of over 1.83km.

The South Rim is the most popular destination within the park, and arguably offers the most picturesque views of the canyon, as well as the most visitor amenities for great Grand Canyon sightseeing. There are historic sites along the canyon rim, hiking opportunities throughout the park, rafting trips, pristine nature to be experienced, Junior Ranger programmes, wildlife spotting and campfire programs.

Official website: http://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon
http://www.travelmuse.com/articles/grand-canyon/top-grand-canyon-attractions




(Christie)