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Is the US struggling for tourists? The visit USA ad seems to be in TV every five minutes…

I’m not going - I’m too pregnant and looking forward to quiet Autumn at home. 🙂
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SlaveEt · 36-40, F
Come visit in late spring then. So many beautiful places to see here!
Steph34 · 31-35, F
@SlaveEt Such as?
@Steph34 There is a large hole in Toledo, Ohio people like to look down into. Department of Transportation hasn't gotten around to fixing it, been years.
SlaveEt · 36-40, F
@Steph34
Most any of the over 60 National Parks and many more State parks scattered around the US. It's a huge country, which region were you considering visiting?
@Steph34 There are 430 units run by the National Park Service (NPS), including these designations

National Park 63
National Monument 84
National Lakeshore (3)
and National Seashore (10) 13
National Memorial 31
National Preserve (19)
and National Reserve (2) 21
National Recreation Area 18
National River (4)
and National Wild and Scenic River (10)
14
National Parkway 4
National Historical Park (63),
National Historic Site (76),
and International Historic Site (1)
140
National Military Park (9),
National Battlefield Park (4),
National Battlefield Site (1),
and National Battlefield (11) 25
National Scenic Trail 6
Other Designations 11

Totals 430

with a total area of

85,155,967.25 acres (344,614 km2)
(See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Park_Service)

With Germany at 357,581 km^2 of total land & sea area, the US NPS contains an area 96.4% of Germany's size, and would fall between Germany and the Republic of the Congo (342,000 km^2) if it were its own country.

(See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area)