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Tourism in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan is a significant factor for the region's culture and for its economy, comprising nine percent of the area's two million jobs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Advameg, Inc. )〕 About 15.9 million people visit Metro Detroit annually, spending an estimated $4.8 billion.〔Michigan's Future - (July 10, 2007).(Metro Detroit visitors, spending at the highest level since 9/11 ).''Michigan's Future'' citing CIC Research Inc. study for 2006. Retrieved on November 6, 2007.〕〔( Metro Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau statistics ) Retrieved on April 4, 2007.〕〔Yousseff, Jennifer (March 25, 2009).(10-year tourism plan is on track ).''The Detroit News''. Retrieved on April 10, 2009.〕 Detroit is one of the largest American cities and metropolitan regions to offer casino resort hotels.〔 Leading multi-day events throughout Metro Detroit attract super-sized crowds of hundreds of thousands to over three million people.〔〔 More than fifteen million people cross the highly traveled nexus of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel annually.〔 Detroit is at the center of an emerging Great Lakes Megalopolis. An estimated 46 million people live within a 300-mile (480 km) radius of Metro Detroit.〔〔 ==Market overview== The metropolitan region's tourism industry depends on drawing large crowds with quality attractions and entertainment in order to positively impact the local economy.〔(Detroit Case Study ). Federal Highway Administration, ''U.S. Department of Transportation.'' Retrieved on April 21, 2009.〕 As the world's traditional automotive center,〔Lawrence, Peter (2009).(Interview with Michigan's Governor ), Corporate Design Foundation. Retrieved on May 1, 2009. "Michigan is known as the world's automotive center."〕 the city hosts the annual North American International Auto Show in January, a multi-day event. Other major multi-day events that reflect the region's culture such as the Motown Winter Blast and the Windsor–Detroit International Freedom Festival, typically held the last week of June, can draw super sized-crowds of hundreds of thousands to over three million people.〔Bailey, Ruby L (August 22, 2007). The D is a draw: Most suburbanites are repeat visitors.''Detroit Free Press''. New Detroit Free Press-Local 4 poll conducted by Selzer and Co., finds, "nearly two-thirds of residents of suburban Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties say they at least occasionally dine, attend cultural events or take in professional games in Detroit."〕〔Fifth Third Bank rocks the Winter Blast.''Michigan Chronicle''. (March 14, 2006).〕 A 2007 poll, conducted by Selzer and Co., reported that about two-thirds of the millions of residents in the suburban area occasionally dine and attend cultural events or take in professional games in the city of Detroit.〔 In 2006, the four-day Motown Winter Blast drew a cold weather crowd of about 1.2 million people to Campus Martius Park area downtown.〔 Metro Detroit is one of thirteen U.S. cities with teams from four major sports. Besides its casino resort hotels, the region's leading attraction is The Henry Ford, America's largest indoor-outdoor museum complex,〔America's Story, Explore the States: Michigan (2006). (Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village ) ''Library of Congress''〕〔State of Michigan: MI Kids (2006).(Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village )〕 a National Historic Landmark museum entertainment complex with an IMAX theater next to the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn. The Detroit Institute of Arts in the cultural center downtown is another leading attraction and national historic site.〔Corley, Irvin (April 30, 2003).(2003-04 Budget Analysis ) ''City of Detroit'' Memorandum to Graham Beal, Director, Arts Department. Retrieved on November 10, 2007. "The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is the second largest municipally-owned museum in the United States and contains an encyclopedic art collection worth over one billion dollars."〕 The Detroit Festival of the Arts in Midtown draws about 350,000 people.〔(Midtown ) ''Model D Media''. Retrieved on April 4, 2007.〕 The Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak has an Arctic Ring of Wildlife exhibit with an underwater viewing tunnel that includes the largest polar bear exhibit in the U.S.〔Mink, Randy, and Karen Mink (July 2001). Detroit Turns 300 - Detroit 300 Festival. ''Travel America'', World Publishing Co., Gale Group.〕 Together, The Henry Ford, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Zoo attract about 2,500,000 visitors annually.〔(Metro Detroit Tourism Barometer ), (February 2007). ''Detroit Tourism Economic Development Council''. Retrieved on September 18, 2007.〕 Detroit is also home to the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant. Built in 1904 and now running as a museum, it is the oldest car factory building in the world open to the public and was the birthplace of the Ford Model T. An estimated one million spectators attended the 2009 Woodward Dream Cruise held annually in August.〔Anderson, Elisha (August 22, 2010).(Weather blamed for smaller attendance at Dream Cruise ).''Detroit Free Press.'' Retrieved on August 22, 2010.〕 Another automotive attraction cataloging the history of the industry is the Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills. The mansions of the auto barons that are open to the public for guided tours include the Dodge-Wilson estate Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester Hills, Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe, Henry Ford's Fair Lane Estate in Dearborn, and the Lawrence Fisher Mansion in Detroit. Cranbrook House and Gardens in Bloomfield Hills, the estate of publisher George Gough Booth, is also open to the public for guided tours. The New York Times listed Detroit among its 53 world travel destinations for 2008.〔Lee, Danny (December 9, 2007).(The 53 Places to Go in 2008 ).''The New York Times''. Retrieved on December 10, 2007.〕 Detroit's Greektown is a busy entertainment district. The city is a center for the major casino resort hotels - MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, Greektown Casino, and Caesars Windsor just across the river in Canada - which support an active nightlife. The metropolitan region's potential to attract super-sized crowds should not be underestimated. Just across the river, Caesars Windsor attracts about six million visitors annually.〔Cordiano, Joseph (February 15, 2005). (Government of Ontraio invests in a competitive Casino Windsor ).''Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade''. Retrieved on October 28, 2007."Casino Windsor attracts around six million visitors each year and is a key driver of the local economy."〕 Detroit is one of the largest American cities and metropolitan regions to offer casino resort hotels.〔 The Detroit International Riverfront hosts an events including the Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival in late June with one of the nation's largest displays of fireworks and the Electronic Music Festival on Memorial Day weekend. More than fifteen million people cross the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel annually.〔(Trade Point Detroit Windsor ). Retrieved on May 24, 2009.〕 Detroit is at the center of an emerging Great Lakes Megalopolis. An estimated 46 million people live within a 300-mile (480 km) radius of Metro Detroit.〔(Cities located close to Detroit ).''Time and Date world clock distances.'' Retrieved on September 2, 2007.〕〔Audi, Tamara (September 26, 2007). What Happens In Detroit. ''The Wall Street Journal'', B6. "But the market at issue, as MGM Mirage sees it, includes a 300-mile radius of potential overnight clients across the region,"〕 High-speed rail proposals between Chicago and Detroit and for the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor would further increase access to Metro Detroit. The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $244 M in grants for high-speed rail upgrades between Chicago and Detroit.〔(High-speed rail grants include $244 million for Detroit-to-Chicago Amtrak improvements - AnnArbor.com )〕 The Quebec City – Windsor Corridor contains over 18 million people, with 51% of the Canadian population and three out of the four largest metropolitan areas in Canada, according to the 2001 Census. Movie studios in the metro area help establish the state as a legitimate contender in the 12-month-a-year film business.〔USA Today (February 3, 2009).(Film production studios coming to Michigan cities ). Retrieved on March 27, 2009.〕 Motown Motion Picture Studios (2009) with will produce movies at the Pontiac Centerpoint Business Campus for a film industry expected to employ over 4,000 people in the metro area.〔Gallaher, John and Kathleen Gray and Chris Christoff - (2/03/09).(Pontiac film studio to bring jobs ). Detroit Free Press.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tourism in metropolitan Detroit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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