Popular tourist attractions in Jacksonville Beach, Florida

The area around present day Jacksonville Beach was first settled by Spanish settlers. Spanish missions were established from Mayport to St. Augustime. Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain by treaty in 1763 only to have Spain reain it again and then a final time in 1821 to the United States. American river pilots and fishermen came to Hazard present day Mayport and established a port. In general the architecture of Jacksonville varies in style and is not defined by any one characteristic and Jacksonville Beach is no exception designed by Marsh and Saxelbye and completed in 1925 Case Marina Hotel is a Mission style hotel popular in the 1920s when Jacksonville's beaches were being developep. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 1993. Constructed in 1947 the American Red Cross Volunter Life Saving Corps Station is an Art Moderne style lifeguard station designed by local architect Jefferson Davis powell. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 5,2014.

Tourist attractions in Cronulla, New South Wales, Sydney

Cronulla is a popular tourist attractions and attracts many beachgoers from all over Sydney. Cronulla Beach features a long stretch of sand that runs from Boat Harbour to North Cronulla followed by rock pools and another sandy beach at South Cronulla. The beaches of Cronulla from north to south are Boat Harbour Wanda Beach Elouera Beach North Cronulla Beach Cronulla Beach Blackwoods Beach Shelly Beach and Oak Park. Local names also apply between Cronulla Beach and North Cronulla The Wall between North Cronulla and Elouera Midway between Elouera and anda and Greenhills to the north of Wanda Sandshoes near the mouth of the Port Hacking estuary voodoo Reef and The Point. The beaches are popular recreational areas for swimming surfing bodyboarding bodysurfing and other water sports. Shark Island just off Cronulla Beach is a Famous surfing and bodyboarding spot and the site of the annual Shark Island Challenge bodyboarding contest. Gunnamatta Bay provides protected swimming at the baths off Gunnamatta Park. Port Hacking is a popular location for water sports waterskiing and wakeboarding.

Popular tourist attractions Ouro Preto, Brazil

Although Ouro Preto now relies heavily on the tourism industry for part of its economy there are important metallurgic and mining industries located in town such as Novelis formerly Alcan the most important aluminum factory in the country the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and others. Main economic activities are tourism transformation industries and mineral riches such as deposits of iron bauxite manganese talc and marble. Minerals of note are gold hematite dolomite tourmaline pyrite muscovite topaz and imperial topaz. The imperial topaz is a stone only found in Ouro Preto. Soapstone handicraft items are a popular souvenir among tourists and can be found in many shops in the town centre and street fairs.

Popular tourism Palace in Mesa Verde National Park

Popular Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park. A severe drought from 1130 to 1180 led to rapid depopulation in many parts of the San Juan Basin particularly at Chaco Canyon. As the extensive Chcoan system collapsed people increasingly migrated to Mesa Verde causing major population growth in the area. This led to much larger settlements of six to eight hundred people which reduced mobility for Mesa Vdeans who had in the past frequently relocated their dwellings and fields as part of their agriculture strategy. In order to sustain these larger population they dedicated more and more of their labor to farming. Population increases also led to expanded tree felling that reduced habitt for many wild plant and animal spevies that the Mesa Verdeans had relied on further deepening their dependency on domesticated crops that were susceptible to drought related failure.

Tourist attractions in Malabar, New South Wales

The western section of the headland was transferred from the Commonwealth to the New Government on 2 March 2012. This 17.7 hectare area contains remnants of the Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub eucalypt woodlands and coastal health land that now form part of a National Park. The (Gillard Rudd) Labor Commonwelth Government had planned to convert the remainder of the headland to a National Park after relocating the rifle range and completing work to make the area for public use. However the NSW Rifle Association defeated the Commonwealth Government in court scuttling the plans. A report submitted to the Abbott government in January 2015 recommended selling of the land for development but the plam met community outrage and was swiftly refuted by the Commonwealth Government in March 2015 plans to commit more of the headland to National Park and to return the horses were announced The future of the remainder of Malabar Headland remains uncertain. The rifle range on the Malabar headland was originally known as the Long Bay Rifle Range there is a long history of the site being used as a range dating back to when recreational and militia shooting first commenced on this site in the 1850s which contributed to local security.

Popular Collaroy Beach, New South Wales

Collaroy Narrabeen is frequented by diverse bird and aquatic animal life including Sea Eagles Pelicans Terns Ducks Yellow crested Cockato. Dolphins and whales can be seen during migrating season. In 2005 a young New Zealand Fur Seal was discovered washed up on the beach. Exhausted but alive the Seal was nursed back to health by wildlife officers and then released. A similar incident with another New Zealand fur seal coming ashore occurred in August 2014.

Commercial area : Collaroy's shopping precinct is centred along Pittwater Road which runs north south through the suburb. Small retail bussinesses include cafes restaurants takeaway bars a pharmacy a newsagent post office several hairdresers a day spa a YHA youth hostel real estate agents Collaroy cinema the collaroy Services club (also known as 'The Beach Club) and The Collaroy which was formerly known as the Surf Rock Hotel re opened in November 2014. Demographics: According to the 2011 census there were 14,388 residents in Collaroy. The most common ancestries in Collaroy were English 29.5% Australian 27.2% and Irish 8.8%. The most common responses for religion in Collaroy were Catholic 30.6% Anglican 25.5% and No Religion 20.8%.

Palm Beach, New South Wales, Sydney

Palm beach is bounded by Broken Bay to the north the Tasman Sea (within the South Pacific Ocean) to the east Whale Beach Avalon and Clareville to the south and Pittwater to the west. Barrenjoey Headland which is in the north of the suburb is part of Kuring gai Chase NationalPark. The headland at the northernmost point rises quite sharply from the beach to over 100 metres (330 ft) above sea level and features an operational lighthouse. The narrow sandy isthmus or tombolo linking the south side of the headland to the rest of Palm Beach had extensive fencing and shrub planting undertaken during the 1980s to combat sand erosion.


Palm Beach Seaplanes operate seaplane services from Palm Beach to Rose Bay in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs Cottage Point and Berowra Waters. Palm Beach Water Airport is located at the north and of Governor Phillip Drive and Golf Drive just south of the headland. The Palm Beach Ferry runs a service from a wharf in the town centre to Ettalong Great Mackerel Beach Currawong Beach Coasters Retreat and The Basin. alm Beach and Hawkesbury River Cruises runs a ferry service from Palm Beach wharf to Patonga . Barrenjoey Road provides access by bus or car. Bus routes servicing Palm Beach are operated by State Transit. Routes 190 and L90 go to from city Railway Square.

Nielsen Park, Australia

Nielsen Park is a highly modified landscape that reflects three phases of occupation pre settlement landscape a modified landscape seen as both a natural and planned picturesque landscapearound Greycliffe House and a public landscape for recreation that includes a number of support structures. In addition the Steel Point fortifications add a further layer to the use and appearance of  the park. Nielsen Park has had its pre settlement landscape dramatically altered by extensive clearing and modifying of landforms and vegetation but also by replanting and regenerating a form of natural bushland on recent years of the overall impression that areas of the landscape appear similar to that which existed prior to European settlement. However the areas of nativ vegetation that now exist do not reflect the form of the historic native landscape has taken place during the NPWS management of the site and contrasts to the Trust management that focused on the recreational aspects of the place.

Popular and Great Mountains National Park

The Alum Cave Bluffs trail to the summit of Mount LeConte provides numerous views of the Great Smoky Mountains: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a major tourist attraction in the region.Over 11.3 million recreational visitors (tourists) a an additional 11 million non recreational visitors traveled to or through the park in 2016. The recreational figure represents nearly twice as many tourists as the Grand Canyon which recived nearly 6 million visitors the same year. surrounding towns notable Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge Sevierville and Townsend Tennessee and Cherokee Sylva Maggie Valley and Bryson City North Caroline receive a significant portion of their income from tourist associated with the park. The two main visitors centers inside the park are Sugar lands Visitors Center near the Gatlinburg entrance to the park and Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee North Carolina at the eastern entrance to the park.