Las Vegas

Hey everyone.

I would tell you gladly something about Las Vegas.
Las Vegas is a very populous city in Nevada and a renowned resort for more than 35 million tourists yearly. Because of their large number of casinos, Las Vegas became very famous. Their number of inhabitants on 340 km² amounts to 558,000, the Agglomeration spreads meanwhile on over 1200 km² and has 2 million inhabitant. The name comes from the Spanish and means „the Auen“ or „the meadows “. Beside the casinos the shows are the public character of the city. Famous musicians and artist from Las Vegas are Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Celine Dion, Elton John and still more. The city is famous also for its large number of wedding chapels, because Nevada has very uncomplicated marriage ceremony (and divorce) laws.
The incomes by tourists amounted to 2004 about 33.7 billion US Dollar. The incomes of the casinos amount to about 4.5 billion US Dollar in the year. 150,000 bed standing in Las Vegas for tourists to the order.


by Naira