I-2016 ibonisa iminyaka eyi-100 ye-National Park Service e-US Kwixesha elidlulileyo le minyaka, amadoda namabhinqa azinikeleyo kwi-NPS baye bancedisa ukulawula iipaki, ukugcina zikhuseleke kakuhle kwiinkalo ezithintekayo ngenkathi zijikelele kwezinye zezona zihamba indawo kwilizwe. Wonke umntu ovela kwiindawo ezihamba phambili eziya kwintsapho-abaphangi banokufumana into yokuyithanda ngaphakathi kwezi ndawo ezintle nezobuqhetseba, isizathu sokuba izigidi zivakatye rhoqo ngonyaka.
Kungekudala, indawo yokubhuka ye-Expedia.com yenze uphando lwabantu abangaphezu kwewaka lamaMerika ukucinga iingcamango zabo, iingcinga zabo kunye nemibono yeePaki zeSizwe. Iziphumo zabo, eziye zahlanganiswa kwi-Expedia National Parks Index, zanikezela ngokucacileyo ukuba abahambahambayo bacinga ntoni ngeendawo ezinjalo ezingenakunyaniseka kwiinkcubeko zaseMelika.
Uphononongo lubonise ukuba iipaki zelizwe zixabiseke kakhulu ngabantu baseMerika. Ngokwenzululwazi, abangama-76% abo baphendule bathi "bavuma ngokuqinisekileyo" ukuba iiPaki zeSizwe "zixabisekileyo kwaye zihle." Ngaphezulu, i-50% yabathathi-nxaxheba kwi-poll babonise ukuba baye bavakashela iPaki yeSizwe ngexesha elithile ebomini babo, kunye no-38% okwenzile njalo kwiminyaka emi-5 edlulileyo. Kukhuthaze ngakumbi, i-32% yathi bahambe ukupaka kunyaka odlulileyo.
Ngoko yiziphi iipaki eziphezulu phakathi kweentandokazi zaseMelika?
Ngokutsho kwe-Expedia, i-Yellowstone inombolo enye, kunye neGrand Canyon ithatha indawo yesibini. Iintaba ezinkulu zeSwitha, iParky Mountain National Park kunye neYosemite zijikeleza ezihlanu ezilandeleleneyo.
Xa kubuzwa ukuba yiphi ipaki abayicinga ukuba yinto enhle kakhulu, iinqununu ezinhlanu eziphezulu zihlala zifanayo, nangona umyalelo wawushintshile.
I-Grand Canyon ithatha indawo ephezulu, kunye ne-Yellowstone yesibini, ilandelwa nguYosemite, i-Great Smoky Mountains, ne-Rocky Mountain.
INtaba iRushmore ibeke uluhlu lwendawo apho abaninzi baseMerika abanqwenela ukuthatha i-selfie phambi kwayo, kunye neSikhumbuzo saseLincoln eWashington, DC kunye ne-Old Faithful e-Yellowstone. Ngayinye yale ndawo yindawo enelungelo le-selfie, kwaye i-iconic ngokwayo.
Uphando luze lwacela amaMerika ukuba ubuso obani bangathanda ukungongeza kwiNtaba uRushmore banike ithuba. Umfanekiso oqaqambileyo wamatye sele uquka uGeorge Washington, uAbraham Lincoln, uTomas Jefferson kunye noTheodore Roosevelt. Kodwa i-29% yabathenjwa bathi bayongeza iFranklin Delano Roosevelt ukuba unako, ngelixa elinye i-21% livotela u-John F. Kennedy ejoyina iinqanaba likaMongameli sele sele ejongene nolo lugwala eMzantsi Dakota. UBarack Obama, uRonald Reagan, kunye noBill Clinton bephakathi kwabanye bavota.
Ngokumalunga nabangengomongameli ekufuneka bafakwe kwiNtaba yaseRushmore i-pantheon abaphendululwazi baninzi banokunikela apha. Abaninzi bathi bangathanda ukubona uMartin Luther King, uJr. wongezwa eludongeni, ngelixa abanye bevotela uBen Franklin, u-Albert Einstein, uYesu Kristu, kunye noDonald Trump.
Ukufika kwirekhodi lomnyaka wokuya kwiiPaki zikaZwelonke ngo-2015, kubonakala ngathi amaMelika awazange alahlekelwe uthando lwabo lokuya ezi ndawo ezintle. Ngethuba le-Park Service eliyi-centennial ngoku kuthi, ndikulindele ukuba i-2016 ibone ukuhla kweendwendwe, kwaye irekhodi elitsha linokwenzeka. Ukuba ucinga ngokutyelela iPaki yeSizwe ngethuba lonyaka, i-Expedia inokukunceda. Lewebhusayithi idibanise iphepha elinikezelwe ekuncedeni ukucwangcisa, ukulungelelanisa, nokubhuka uhambo lwakho, okwenza kube lula kunanini ngaphambili ukubona iipaki ngesitayela.
Ngokomntu, ndingumfana omkhulu we-Yellowstone, iGlacier, kunye neTransons ezinkulu, elowo lifumaneka ngaphakathi kwinqwelo elifutshane. Ukuba ufuna ukuhamba ngeendlela ezihamba phambili kwiMelika yaseNtshona, kwaye ubone ezinye zeendawo ezihle kakhulu ezinokucinga, kunokuba uceba ukutyelela e-Montana, Wyoming, nase-Idaho ukuba ungene kule ndawo.