Hi, we are a group of students from Pamplona, Spain that have been working on a project about the state of Washington. We have noticed that Washington is a very green site where you can practice a wide range of sports, even if you don’t like nature there are places like Seattle and other big cities. But we have some questions and doubts, we hope you´ll answer them: Which place is the most visited? Which woman sport is the most practiced? Which type of tourism is the most applied for?
For: tourisminfo@watourismalliance.com
domingo, 25 de octubre de 2015
Official tourism sites
http://www.experiencewa.com/
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Washington_State/TravelGuide-Washington_State.html
http://scenicwa.com/
These are some of the best official websites theat we have found. There is information about nearly every single nook of Washington. In one of them you´ll find also road routes. They suggest you places where you can accomodate, eat or activities you can do. Check them out.
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Washington_State/TravelGuide-Washington_State.html
http://scenicwa.com/
These are some of the best official websites theat we have found. There is information about nearly every single nook of Washington. In one of them you´ll find also road routes. They suggest you places where you can accomodate, eat or activities you can do. Check them out.
domingo, 18 de octubre de 2015
jueves, 15 de octubre de 2015
Video
In this
video we can apreciate all the different activities and types of tourism that
you can find in Washington state, It only lasts 2 minutes, click and watch it!
Mountain tourism
In the State of Washington you can find 2809 peaks. Each one has a different altitude and also a different shape. Actually the four highest mountains in Washington are potentially active stratovolcanoes. You will find a lot of animals like black bears, elks, nutrias.. And the flora is very variable like berberidaceae, camas, alnus rubra.. That is natives of this state.
martes, 13 de octubre de 2015
Beach tourism
In Washington you´ll find large and hilarious beaches, where you´ll be able to choose between a lot of activities, from most quiet (watching whales and seals from the boat), to the most physically exigent ones (surf, horse riding, kayaking) As the coast extends from the north of the state to the south you´ll find different landscapes. Also you can delight the incredible sunsets.
Sports tourism
The most famous sports on Washington are, as you know, basketball, baseball and American football. These three sports are very curious for foreign people, but very normal for natives. Is very common the practice of them as in Spain is common the practice of football. Washington is a state where you can enjoy them because they have very good players, they have these famous teams: “Washington Wizards” (basketball), “Washington Nationals” (baseball) and “Washington Redskins” (American football), you can take pleasure in these three well-known sports.
Weather
Washington has two distinct climate zones. Mild, humid, in summer days west of the Cascades rarely go further than 26°C (79°F), and in winter the temperature doesn´t go below 8°C (46°F) while the east of the state has warm summers and cool winters. Western Washington experiences frequently are cloud cover, fog and drizzle, and the western slopes of the Cascades receive up to 508cm (200 inches) annual snowfall. In the rain shadow east of the Cascades, the annual precipitation is only 15cm (6 inches).
TODAY(12-10-2015)- 19-9ºC
TOMORROW(13-10-2015)- 17-8ºC
WEDNESDAY(14-10-2015)- 15-6ºC
THURSDAY(15-10-2015)- 23-9ºC
FRIDAY(16-10-2015)- 25-12ºC
SATURDAY(17-10-2015)- 23-12ºC
SUNDAY(18-10-2015)- 16-13ºC
According to this characteristics I do recomend you to visit Washington in the months of July and August, instead you want to practice some kind of snow sport.
TODAY(12-10-2015)- 19-9ºC
TOMORROW(13-10-2015)- 17-8ºC
WEDNESDAY(14-10-2015)- 15-6ºC
THURSDAY(15-10-2015)- 23-9ºC
FRIDAY(16-10-2015)- 25-12ºC
SATURDAY(17-10-2015)- 23-12ºC
SUNDAY(18-10-2015)- 16-13ºC
According to this characteristics I do recomend you to visit Washington in the months of July and August, instead you want to practice some kind of snow sport.
North Cascades National Park
North Cascades National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the state of Washington. Is the largest park of the three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Service Complex.
It has a variation in rock and soil types, exposure, slope, elevation, and rainfall is reflected in the diverse plant life.
You can see a diversity of animal species, including bald eagle, grey wolf, grizzly bear, mountain lion, lynx, moose, wolverine, and black bear.
The park contains an estimated 236,000 acres (960 km2) of old-growth forests.
Normally the temperature is warm, so it is perfect to pass a sunny day.
Here you will find a lot of animals, plants and you will learn more of the nature, also you can have a relax day because the ambient is very calm.
It is one of the most beautiful places of the state of Washington. You can smell de diversity of plants and hear the animals that live there.
It has a variation in rock and soil types, exposure, slope, elevation, and rainfall is reflected in the diverse plant life.
You can see a diversity of animal species, including bald eagle, grey wolf, grizzly bear, mountain lion, lynx, moose, wolverine, and black bear.
The park contains an estimated 236,000 acres (960 km2) of old-growth forests.
Normally the temperature is warm, so it is perfect to pass a sunny day.
Here you will find a lot of animals, plants and you will learn more of the nature, also you can have a relax day because the ambient is very calm.
It is one of the most beautiful places of the state of Washington. You can smell de diversity of plants and hear the animals that live there.
Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park is a United States national park located in the state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula. The park is divided in three regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, and the west side temperate rainforest.
It consists in a sandy beach along with a strip of adjacent forest. It is 60 miles (97 km) long but just a few miles wide.
In the center of de Olympic National Park you can find the Olympic Mountains covered by ancient glaciers. It has an altitude of 2.428 m.
The western side of the park is covered by temperate rainforests. The rainforests of the Pacific Northwest are dominated by coniferous trees, including Sitka Spruce, Western Hemlock, Coast Douglas-fir and Western redcedar.
Here you can find many endemic plant and animal species like: Olympic Marmot, Piper's bellflower and Flett's violet).
This place is very complete in all aspects and you will learn a lot.
It consists in a sandy beach along with a strip of adjacent forest. It is 60 miles (97 km) long but just a few miles wide.
In the center of de Olympic National Park you can find the Olympic Mountains covered by ancient glaciers. It has an altitude of 2.428 m.
The western side of the park is covered by temperate rainforests. The rainforests of the Pacific Northwest are dominated by coniferous trees, including Sitka Spruce, Western Hemlock, Coast Douglas-fir and Western redcedar.
Here you can find many endemic plant and animal species like: Olympic Marmot, Piper's bellflower and Flett's violet).
This place is very complete in all aspects and you will learn a lot.
Mount Rainier National Park
If you are a nature lover this is your state, full of national parks such as the one I’m going to introduce to you now.
The park was established in 1899 as the fifth national park in the United States, it has 956,60km2.
Don´t worry if for example you don’t like to see only forests because in Mount Rainier National Park you´ll find valleys, waterfalls, subalpine meadows and more than 25 glaciers. Here it´s difficult to get bored. In the photo we can see the Rainier Mountain, an attractive for mountaineers, with 4,300m tall the mountain is the cause of the 50% of the annual visits.
Even though the park is the snowiest place on earth so make sure you´ll take with you enough warm clothes and snow boots.
The park was established in 1899 as the fifth national park in the United States, it has 956,60km2.
Don´t worry if for example you don’t like to see only forests because in Mount Rainier National Park you´ll find valleys, waterfalls, subalpine meadows and more than 25 glaciers. Here it´s difficult to get bored. In the photo we can see the Rainier Mountain, an attractive for mountaineers, with 4,300m tall the mountain is the cause of the 50% of the annual visits.
Even though the park is the snowiest place on earth so make sure you´ll take with you enough warm clothes and snow boots.
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Introduction
Dear blog reader,
If you have arrived up to here you may be looking for information about the state of Washington. Here you can find the most interesting places where you can go to. This is going to be the first topic but in a few months, one or two more will be written.
Hope you enjoy it. Join me for the next entry.
If you have arrived up to here you may be looking for information about the state of Washington. Here you can find the most interesting places where you can go to. This is going to be the first topic but in a few months, one or two more will be written.
Hope you enjoy it. Join me for the next entry.
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