| Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International airport is the | | | | Auburn has been preserved as a visitor attraction - |
| busiest airport in the world. During 2006, 85 million | | | | the Martin Luther King, Jr National Historic Site. The |
| passengers were transported on close to one million | | | | tomb marking his untimely death can also be viewed |
| flights from the airport. With more nonstop flights | | | | at the King Center. |
| and destinations than any other airline hub in the | | | | Other attractions of historical significance include The |
| world, Atlanta International Airport serves 243 | | | | Atlanta History Center, featuring a unique diorama |
| nonstop destinations - 72 of those to international | | | | depicting the Battle of Atlanta from the Civil War. |
| destinations in 45 countries. However, close to 60 per | | | | The Georgia Aquarium is the world's largest aquarium, |
| cent of the passengers flying into Atlanta never | | | | featuring over a staggering 100,000 specimens, and |
| leave the airport, simply using it for connecting flights | | | | close by you'll find the World of Coca-Cola, which |
| to other parts of the USA or the world. | | | | highlights the development of the soft drink brand |
| But these people are missing out because Atlanta is | | | | and some of its famous advertising. Also close to the |
| not just about its airport. The city's population has | | | | Aquarium is the expansive historic shopping and |
| risen by 1.1 million in the last decade, during which | | | | entertainment complex of Underground Atlanta, |
| time it has undergone extensive redevelopment and | | | | found below the streets of the modern city. |
| expansion. The capital of Georgia and the ninth most | | | | As the 1996 host of the summer Olympic Games, |
| populous city in the United States, Atlanta has much | | | | Atlanta has been left with a marvellous sporting |
| to offer the curious visitor. Indeed the city has | | | | legacy as it boasts some of the best stadiums in the |
| recently introduced a new logo accompanied by the | | | | USA. Moreover,the city is host to four major sporting |
| slogan "Atlanta: every day is an opening day." in a | | | | franchises: Atlanta Braves MLB baseball, Atlanta |
| determined major drive to attract new visitors. And | | | | Falcons from the NFL, Ice Hockey's Thrashers and |
| to help get them easily downtown, the MARTA rail | | | | NBA basketball's Hawks. |
| system operates directly into the heart of Atlanta | | | | With so much on offer, if you ever have to connect |
| from the airport. | | | | through Hartsfield-Jackson International, why not |
| Civil Rights activist and nobel prize winner Reverend | | | | stop a little longer and consider at least an overnight |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in the city in 1929 | | | | stay at a hotel in Atlanta? From there you'll be ideally |
| and his childhood home on Auburn Avenue in Sweet | | | | placed to check out this exciting city. |