TOURISM IN THE USA

How Mexican proximity influenced the development of California, the most Spanish American state. Names of cities, development of Franciscan Missions. sharing a common language: Spanglish.

Origins, ideas and values of the Beat Generation. From Greenwich Village to San  Francisco, the city of freethinkers. The CityLights Bookstore and Vesuvio Café where intellectuals, led by Jack Kerouac, author of “On the Road” , used to meet.

The two girls focus their attention on Route 66, but they also go back to the past of the brave pioneers and the amazing 1848 Gold Rush, when people moving westwards contributed to the development of new settlements and new businesses

In the podcast the causes of the discrimination against the Native Americans are mentioned. Poor Native Americans were sent to reservations and became alcohol-addictedWhite people have not yet recognised their rights: along way still to go along.

The interviewer asks a tour operator about the activities and the highlights in different national parks. They offer a great variety of landscapes.

Enjoy the museums in New York: the art galleries house a wide collection of works of art by Pop Art. Andy Warhol introduced a concept of art based on everyday objects.

The Top Ten places you can’t miss in Manhattan because you may feel like you are in a movie. Enjoy the amazing venues which have been selected as movie settings.

Prima puntata della serie podcast in lingua inglese "Tourism in the USA", realizzata dagli studenti delle classi quinte dell'indirizzo Turismo dell' Istituto Ferrini-Franzosini di Verbania. 
In questa puntata Ilaria ed Elisa ci racconteranno la storia di Ellis Island la principale porta d'ingresso per gli immigrati che sbarcarono negli Stati Uniti dal 1892 al 1954.