TOURIST PLACES OF AMERICA

STUDENT:JOSUÉ FALCÓNTEACHER:MIRIAM SANTISTEBANGRADE:6AIII

CANCÚN Cancun (Mayan: kaan kun and 'nest of snakes'), is a city with

tourism development certified by the World Tourism Organization internationally. Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in Eastern Mexico more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR (National Fund for Tourism Development), formerly INFRATUR.

In a few years had a remarkable transformation since being a fishermans island surroundeb by virgin forest and unknown shores now, along with Acapulco is the most recognized in the world Mexican resort.

MACHU PICCHU

Machu Picchu (Quechua Machu pikchu redneck, "Old Mountain") is the contemporary name given to an ancient Incan Andean-llaqta-town built in the middle of the fifteenth century in the rocky promontory that connects the mountains Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu in the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera, southern Peru and 2490 m, altitude of the main square. Its original name was Picchu or Piche.

CHICHÉN ITZÁ

Chichén Itza (Mayan: (Chichén) Mouth of the well; the (Itza) Warlocks water) is one of the major archaeological sites of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, located in the municipality of Tinum, state Yucatan. Vestige important and famous of the Mayan civilization, the main buildings there remain correspond to the period of the decline of the Mayan culture known to archaeologists as the post-classical period.