Investing in many financial ventures in your vacation would be worthless if you failed to choose the right destination. Los Angeles is one of the counties in the United States with a lot to offer, and it has the best amusement parks that you should consider for your next vacation.

Six Flags Magic Mountain

This theme park, also known as the Thrill capital of the world, is situated on 126 acres of land. The six flag mountain stands out as one of the theme parks with the most roller coasters. If rides on roller coasters are what you always look out for in your vacation, this park gives you the privilege to enjoy nineteen roller coasters. The park is also equipped with two water rides: the best thing about them is that riders have no weight restrictions. The management offers different kinds of food and drinks, saving you the hassle of bringing in your packed meals.

Universal Studios Hollywood

The universal studio has a whole package to offer, especially for movie lovers. It has a real movie studio and restaurants and shops with a wide variety of things that you would require during the vacation. The best thing about visiting universal studios in Hollywood is that you can get to spot some celebs. However, it is recommended that one check through the website and be knowledgeable enough on when to expect the celebrities. The park is the spot that you can get to enjoy with the whole family.

City terrace Water Park

Being well known for water-related recreation activities, the city terrace water park is the best fun spot for kids, adults, and teens. The park also has a wide range of information that you can learn regarding arts and culture about different communities that live in the county. This includes their foods as well as the types of clothes they wear in different seasons. You can also get to enjoy recreational water activities such as swimming, skiing as well as diving. There are also indoor recreational activities that would best be done, especially when you team up. City Terrace Park also gives you the best shopping experience since there are many stores within.

Griffith Park and Southern Railroad

The park is well known for the train rides, which are the best experience to engage in as a family. There are eight types of trains; each featured differently; this is why you need a tour guide to take you through the safety measures and guidelines for riding them.

Raging Water, Los Angeles

It is the largest water park that offers more than fifty tourist attractions. These are what you get to enjoy during your vacation in Raging water Los Angeles; wave pool, lazy river, water slides, aqua rocket hydromagnetic water roller coaster. The water pools are constantly tested and sanitized to ensure that the occupants are safe.

Two Bit Circus Micro amusement parks

The Two Bit micro amusement park has a wide range of games to offer. This is the best place that you should consider going with your friends. The social games are meant to inspire and well as make them feel engaged.

Sherman Oaks Castle Park

The park is as well made to facilitate outdoor games. They offer golf, an arcade, and a batting cage. The park is situated in a calm and serene environment which causes one to have a great connection with nature. The Sherman oaks castle park has a restaurant that offers the best food and drinks. This should be confirmed when booking on their website.

Super silly fun land

This is an entirely outdoor venue that offers everything that you need; water play features as much as water rides that you cannot find in any other kind of recreational park. Their restaurants also display the best foods, which go at the most affordable prices. Its water park has been regarded as children-friendly compared to other parks.

Pacific park

The Pacific park has 12 water rides that are perfect to suit people of different heights and weights. They are also accompanied by safety gear and guidelines that help the occupants navigate through all the activities. There are also roller coasters that facilitate the enjoyment of the view around the area. You can also consider relaxing on the beach and play outdoor games there as well as fishing. The park has hotels within and around, which offer the best accommodation.

United adds service to cities in Mexico, Caribbean and Central America plus warm U.S. destinations in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia and Nevada.

As demand for travel continues to build, United Airlines is expecting the resurgence to continue for winter holiday travel and is planning ahead by increasing service to cities in the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. The airline will add nearly 150 flights to warm-weather destinations across the U.S and is increasing service to Latin beach and leisure markets by 30% compared to 2019. The airline will fly 137 more flights than it did in 2019 to places like Florida, California, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada starting this November through next March.

United has prepared for the return of air travel for more than a year, matching its flying schedule and aircraft availability to demand by maintaining close coordination between its network planning teams and the airline's operating groups. During this fourth of July travel period, United carried five times as many customers as it did over the same period in 2020 and in anticipation of that trend continuing throughout 2021, the airline is expanding its winter schedule.

"Celebrating the holidays with family and loved ones in 2020 was a challenge, and we know our customers are already eager to plan winter vacations and gatherings in person this year to make up for time that they lost," said Ankit Gupta, vice president of network planning at United. "As pandemic restrictions ease, people are becoming more confident in planning travel further in advance, so we want to make sure to offer our customers as much choice as possible."

And as customers continue to reunite with family and friends in warm international destinations this winter, United is increasing service to the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America by 30% compared to 2019. This added service includes launching 12 new routes from Denver, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. to destinations including Belize City, Belize; Cozumel, Mexico; Liberia, Costa Rica and Nassau, Bahamas.

Committed to Ensuring a Safe Journey

United is committed to putting health and safety at the forefront of every customer's journey, with the goal of delivering an industry-leading standard of cleanliness through its United CleanPlusSM program. United has teamed up with Clorox and Cleveland Clinic to redefine cleaning and health safety procedures from check-in to landing and has implemented more than a dozen new policies, protocols and innovations designed with the safety of customers and employees in mind.

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A new nationwide, public-opinion survey commissioned by the National Park Foundation (NPF) in partnership with Union Pacific Railroad finds 85% of U.S. adults believe national parks can be classrooms for children, and 70% feel it is very important that parks inspire children to be avid learners.

On average, each year across more than 400 parks in all 50 states and U.S. territories, the National Park Service hosts more than 60,000 in-park and distance learning education programs, serving over 1.8 million students. Since 2011, NPF has connected more than one million students to educational park experiences, with the support of partners such as Union Pacific.

The new survey reveals that 77% of U.S. adults favor expanding national park field trips, classroom activities, and educational experiences.

"The findings indicate that an overwhelming majority of Americans see parks as places of learning and they support expanding programs that connect kids to educational experiences in national parks," said National Park Foundation President and CEO Will Shafroth. "Thanks to Union Pacific's generous support, the National Park Foundation is helping to answer the call, making it possible for more students across the country to participate in ranger-led programs that bring subjects such as climate science and U.S. history to life through parks in their own backyards."

Additional findings from the survey, conducted by Lake Research Partners, include: 72% say it is very important that national parks connect children to the outdoors and 69% believe that children who spend time outdoors do better in school. 69% say it is very important that national parks connect children to history and that national parks provide children with hands-on learning in the outdoors. 69% think it is very important to expand programs that connect kids to parks who have never visited a national park before. 70% support connecting one million children to national parks over the next four years. 78% support programs that create educational experiences for children through online programming that enables them to virtually visit a park site whenever they want.

The survey also showed that parks are closer than people think. More than two-thirds of people do not realize that most Americans live within 100 miles of a national park.

"National parks are places of health and learning, and they're closer than many realize," said Union Pacific Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations, Chief Administrative Assistant and Foundation President Scott Moore. "For those who may have seldom or never visited, Union Pacific is proud that our partnership helps address some of the challenges, such as providing transportation and curating curriculum."

Earlier this year, NPF announced its goal to connect another one million students to parks over the next four years through its Open OutDoors for Kids program, which is part of NPF's Youth Education and Engagement initiative.

As part of this program, New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and New Orleans Jazz Museum are partnering on culturally responsive field trips for fourth through eighth grade classes, providing educators and students with digital and in-person experiences exploring New Orleans music and culture.

"Thanks to support from the Open OutDoors for Kids program, the New Orleans Jazz Museum and the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park are able to make meaningful connections between the unique history of our community and the space in which that history has taken place," said New Orleans Jazz Museum Education Specialist Ashley Shabankareh. "The past year of virtual and distance learning has reminded us the importance of in-person engagement. By working with this tremendous program, we are able to provide a deeper connection to our community for students and educators who may not have otherwise been able to take part in our programming."

At Indiana Dunes National Park, about an hour's drive from Chicago, the park collaborated with Dunes Learning Center to develop a new hybrid program called Frog on the Log-In, which takes students on interactive, virtual adventures to explore the five unique ecosystems of Indiana Dunes, discover how local organisms adapt to the dunes, and find similar ecosystems across the United States.

The National Park Foundation works to protect wildlife and park lands, preserve history and culture, educate and engage youth, and connect people everywhere to the wonder of parks. We do it in collaboration with the National Park Service, the park partner community, and with the generous support of donors, without whom our work would not be possible.

Union Pacific delivers the goods families and businesses use every day with safe, reliable and efficient service. Operating in 23 western states, the company connects its customers and communities to the global economy. Trains are the most environmentally responsible way to move freight, helping Union Pacific protect future generations.

Agoda Sustainable Travel Trends Survey Reveals People's Top Concerns about Tourism's Impact, and Measures to Make Travel More Sustainable.

Easy identification of sustainable eco-friendly travel options, limited use of single-use plastics and financial incentives for accommodation providers who maximize energy efficiencies are the top three additional measures needed to make travel more sustainable according to Agoda's Sustainable Travel Trends Survey. Establishing more protected areas to limit tourist numbers and removal of single-use bathroom amenities round out the top five global measures.

The findings from the Survey launched today to mark World Environment Day 2021 (5 June) also revealed globally that overtourism, and pollution of beaches and waterways are the top two concerns of the impact of tourism, with deforestation and energy inefficiencies (including overconsumption of electricity/water) ranking joint third.

Governments considered most responsible for making changes to make travel more sustainable

Globally, the public considers Governments most accountable for making positive environmental changes around travel, followed by tourism authorities and individuals themselves. When it came to holding governments most accountable, those in Indonesia and UK were most likely to do so (36%), Mainland China followed not too far behind at 33%, with Australia and Malaysia in fourth and fifth spot (28% and 27% respectively). The markets most likely to cite themselves or individuals as most responsible for making changes to traveling sustainably were Thailand (30%), Japan (29%) and the US (28%). Meanwhile, Mainland China (11%), the UK (13%), and Vietnam (14%) were least likely to attribute responsibility to the individual.

When asked what they would pledge to do better in a post COVID travel scenario, the top responses globally were #1 manage their waste including using less single-use plastics, #2 switch off the air con and lights when leaving their accommodation, and #3 always look for eco-friendly accommodation. Interestingly, despite overtourism being the biggest concern, going to lesser-known destinations only ranked seventh of out of 10 as a pledge to do better.

No 'one size fits all for' sustainability

The top practices most associated with environmentally friendly or sustainable travel are #1 renewable energy and resources like solar, wind, hydroelectric and water, #2 no single-use plastics, joint number #3 animal conservation and creating a smaller carbon footprint.

Other energy saving solutions such as key cards or motion sensors, using natural cleaning products are the other key practices. Interestingly, buying locally sourced products, reusing bedding or towels during holiday stays and visiting off-the-beaten track destinations are the bottom three practices out of 10 associated with sustainable travel.

"We can see from the Agoda Sustainable Travel Trends Survey that the messages of taking simple steps such as switching off lights and air conditioning when leaving the room or reducing waste by minimizing use of single-use plastics are being embraced by the public across the globe. What is also clear is that while globally the message is Governments need to take the lead on managing sustainable travel, there is recognition that some responsibility lies with people's own behavior," explains John Brown, CEO Agoda.

"While there are different interpretations of what practices are eco-friendly or sustainable, most of the public are keen to be able to do their part, by actively pledging to choose eco-friendly properties or make smarter environmental choices when traveling. One of the easiest ways to counter concerns about overtourism is to consider traveling to off the beaten track destinations. This past year at Agoda, we have seen a shift in travel patterns as people, limited to domestic travel, explore lesser-known areas. If managed well, not only does this help support independent hoteliers and accommodation providers that rely economically on the tourist dollar, it can help lessen the environmental burden on overcrowded areas.

"As an industry, we need to continue to find ways to help individuals achieve these goals be it making it easier to search and find sustainable properties on Agoda or supporting and encouraging more partners to use key cards for power, use renewable energy sources or offering carbon-offsetting options for travel products." continued Brown.

COVID negatively impacts attitudes to sustainable travel

The increase in desire to travel more sustainably was most prevalent among respondents from South Korea, India and Taiwan, 35%, 31% and 31% respectively. However, looking at the figures globally, while 25% have an increased desire to travel more sustainably this compares with 35% whose desire to do so decreased. The markets reporting the biggest proportional decrease were Indonesia (56%), Thailand (51%) and the Philippines (50%).

"It's concerning that many people see sustainable travel as less important today than they did before COVID-19, but I hope that is just a short-term effect, driven by people's thirst to get back out there and travel any way they can," John Brown concluded.

USA

More Americans are most concerned about polluted beaches, followed by overtoursim, and energy inefficiencies.

Americans take complete accountability, with 28% claiming they themselves are responsible for making changes around tourism to make traveling more sustainable, followed by both tourism authorities and Governments tied at 16%

US top pledges to travel more sustainably post-Covid are #1 switch off air conditioner and lights when leaving their hotel room, #2 reuse hotel amenities such as towels or bedding and joint #3 shopping local or independent businesses and managing their waste

Practices that are considered most helpful to travel sustainably by Americans are accommodations using renewable energy or water source, key cards to power electricity in an accommodation, and destinations that are not high-density tourist spots.

What do they associate with sustainable travel? Use of renewable energy 36%, energy saving 26%, no single use plastics and buying local both tie at 25%. The additional measures to help make travel more sustainable according to Americans are easy identification of eco-friendly travel options, limiting use of single-use plastic in airlines or accommodations, and financial incentives to accommodation providers who maximize energy efficiency