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ORLANDO, GREAT CITY OF TOURISM
The city of Orlando is the county seat of Orange and is the central city of the metropolitan area of the same name, as well ashead of the region known as Central Florida, in the state of Florida, the southeastern United States. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 185,951 (the population in themetropolitan area is 1,644,561). A local census in 2003 showed a population of 199,336 inhabitants result (1.8 million in the metropolitan area). It is the sixth largest city in Florida andthe largest coastal city does. He is also the head of the third largest metropolitan area in the state behind Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Tampa-St.Petersburg.
The city is mainly known for itshotels and tourist attractions of interest children and youth, particularly the Nick Hotel, owned TV channel Nickelodeon children and youth and tourism chain thereof, Nickelodeon Suites Resort, andWalt Disney World Resort. Other attractions include SeaWorld and Universal Orlando Resort. The center of the city of Orlando, better known as Downtown Orlando, has undergone continuousrestructuring, despite being away from the main tourist attractions. It is home to Orlando Sentinel, one of the state's largest newspaper, and the Orlando Magic, a professional basketball team in theNBA.
Tourism is a major economic activities of the city, tourism around Orlando is worth millions of dollars. The domestic and international tourist flow during 2004 was 48 million visitors.Most of the attractions of Orlando revolves around the theme parks. The complex of Walt Disney World Resort is the main attraction, composed theme parks Magic Kingdom, Disney's HollywoodStudios, Epcot, Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney's water parks Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon. You can also find Universal Studios parks and park dedicated to marine life Sea World, among others.