Chapter 10: Florida

It is interesting to know that Florida used to be part of North Africa. How is this possible? Due to level shifts caused by climate change, the peninsular part of the state broke off of Africa. It is predicted that by the year of 2100, Florida could be underwater. Florida's weather is tropical like the Caribbean. Florida has attracted many tourist because of its location and weather. Southern Florida's weather tends to be between seventies and eighties. The North part is more cold.

As aforementioned, Florida has many tourist. Tourism and retirees are big contributors of Florida's economy. There are approximately 80 million tourist per year. It is estimated that the tourist industry pays a large part of Florida's taxes because the tourism industry brings in about 57 billion dollars per year. People love the weather and many attractions that Florida has to offer. Just like Florida, Hollywood too attracts a lot of tourists. Hollywood has millions of tourists per year. They enjoy the nice weather and hope to see their favorite stars. There are also other tourist attractions such as, Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, Knott's Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain, and many more.