For many years, tourism is the main source of state revenue. Initially the southern state has attracted tourists from the US north-eastern lands, who came to Florida for the winter holidays. Now Florida resorts are open year round for many tourists not only from the US states, but also from around the world.

For traveling on Florida attractive beautiful landscapes of the National Park Evergleyds (Everglades), located at the southernmost tip of the peninsula and the wonderful historic city of St. Augusta (Saint Augustine) and Pensacola (Pensacola), which are in the north of Florida.

In 1996-997 years. in Florida, there were 38 public and 96 private higher education institutions. Of these, the most famous and oldest called "Rollins College", founded in 1885 in the city of Winter Park (Winter Park); "Stetson University" (1883) which is in DiLende (De Land) and "University of Miami" (1925) - Coral Keyblz (Coral Gables).

The museum of Natural Resources of Florida in Gainesville (Gainesville) interesting collection of works of art of Native American Indians.

The city of Saint Petersburg (Saint Petersburg) - a museum of Salvador Dali, which has a large exhibition of works by the famous surrealist, his early paintings, executed in the style of impressionism and cubism, and - later "classic" wizard.

 

In Fort Myers (Fort Myers) is a winter home - the house is now a museum - as well as the laboratory of the famous scientist, inventor Thomas Edison.

Marineland (Marineland), located on the coast, between the cities of St. Augustine and Daytona Beach, is the world's first museum, oceanarium. These aquariums also have Marilendu in Miami, Islamorada (Islamorada), Titusvile (Titusville), St. Petersburg Beach (Saint Petersburg Beach) and near Fort Walton Beach (Fort Walton Beach).

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A zoo in St. Augusta, on his farm alligators "Saint Augustine Alligator Farm" assembled one of the world's largest zoological collection of alligators and crocodiles.

The famous National Aeronautics and Space museum attracts tourists to Cape Canaveral. Center is the name of John F. Kennedy. From US launches into orbit spacecraft and satellites.

From 1963 until 1973 the legendary Cape Canaveral, thanks to the space center was known as Cape Kennedy. Not far away from the Space Center is one of the bases of the US Air Force "Patrick Air Force Base". Of course, the famous space center attracted to these lands not only new people, but also tourists from around the world.