Time Traveling
While everything else is new and improved, vacation spots are getting older and older.
Soaking up the living history of a town and its defining culture has become an integral part of U.S. travel. According to a survey from the Travel Industry Association, 92.4 million adults in the United States included cultural or heritage activities on their trips, with growth and spending patterns expected to deliver a market of more than 130 million heritage and cultural travelers by 2002.
In preserving these portals to the past, such as the old industry factories of Pennsylvania or the Turner Sculpture Gallery and Decoy Factory of Virginia, the balance between tourism and the preservation of history offers small-town entrepreneurs and history buffs a chance to show off their local pride to a growing audience.
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