The United States of America (USA) or US for short is a country in North America, bordering Atlantic Ocean to the east, Mexico to the south, North of Atlantic Ocean to the west, and Canada to the north. The United States is the world's 3rd largest country, after Canada and Russian Federation. The population of the US is about 300 million people, it is one of the countries with the largest population in the world. Its capital is Washington D.C - the surname of the first President of America. The country currently has 50 main states and 5 administrative sectors including Washington D.C, Virgin Islands, Guam, Samoa and Puerto Rico. The US is considered as a multi-religious country. The Christian covers the majority of population with approximately 76%. The Protestant accounts for 52%; Roman Catholicism occupies 24%; and other religions including Judaism (1%), Islam (1%), Buddhism and Hinduism.
New York is an ideal stopover of tourists in discovering United States. Indispensable attractions in US consist of Times Square, United Nations Headquarters, Statue of Liberty, Cathedral of St John, Central Park, Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Carnegie, Rockefeller Center, New York Stock Exchange - Wall Street, Ground Zero, and Boulevard 5 - a popular fashion center of America.
Coming to Washington, tourists will have the chance to visit the White House - the official residence and workplace of the US president, Bicameral US buildings - Capitol Palace, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial - the 3rd president of the US who drafted the famous America's Declaration of Independence, the Lincoln memorial, Museum of America Aviation and Space, Washington Monument... Golden Gate Bridge - the symbol of San Francisco is the longest suspension bridge in the world over 70 years, but now, this Bridge is only ranked 7th in the world's 10 longest suspension bridges.
Explore the Na Pali coast of Hawaii with romantic beaches, stunning coral reefs, volcanic peaks obscured by fog creating the dim scenery on the island. If tourists walk on the island, they will find the famous waterfall named Hanakapi'ai with great and poetic scenery and the tropical flowers blooming on a hillside. The combination of landscape and light has created a masterpiece appealing tourists. Clingmans Dome is an ideal place for those who like to walk and explore. Located to the east of Tennessee State, Clingmans Dome is in the Smoky National Park, where there are many precious species of animals and plants. Hiking to the top of Clingmans Dome, tourists can observe and admire the panoramic view of wild world below.
Ann Arbor Municipal Airport, Ann Arbor (ARB) - United States Roanoke Regional Airport , Roanoke (ROA) - United States All Airports, Orlando (ORL) - United States Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks (FAI) - United States Outagamie County Regional Airport, Appleton (ATW) - United States Easterwood Airport , College Station (CLL) - United States Downtown Apt Airport, Wausau (AUW) - United States Nome Airport, Nome (OME) - United States Meadows Field, Bakersfield (BFL) - United States Roche Harbor Seaplane Base, Roche Harbor (RCE) - United States Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport, Bullhead City (IFP) - United States Key Field, Meridian (MEI) - United States Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone (WYS) - United States Page Municipal Airport, Page (PGA) - United States Durango-La Plata County Airport, Durango (DRO) - United States Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, Staunton (SHD) - United States Erie International Airport , Erie (ERI) - United States Sawyer International Airport , Marquette (MQT) - United States All Airports, New York (NYC) - United States Central Wisconsin Airport, Wausau (CWA) - United States
There are many airports in US operating direct fights to/ from America. Tourists can find flights from US to following airports:
John F. International Airport Kennedy Airport (New York)
Los Angeles International Airport (Los Angeles)
San Francisco International Airport (San Francisco)
Washington Dulles International Airport (Washington D.C)
William P. Airport Hobby Airport (Houston)
Chicago Midway International Airport (Chicago)
San Diego International Airport (San Diego)
O' Hare International Airport (Chicago)
McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas)
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (New Orleans)
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Atlanta)
Currently, flights from Vietnam to America at Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh City) and Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi capital). But they are connecting flights with one or two transits at one of the main airports in Asia or Europe having direct flights to US. Flights from US to Hanoi are offered by Asiana Airlines, Qatar Airways, American Airlines, Etihad Airways; Jet Airways, Vietnam Airlines… While airlines operating flights from US to Ho Chi Minh City include Japan Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Emirates, China Southern Airlines…
Houston Allentown Abilene Ambler Albuquerque Aberdeen Nantucket Waco Eureka Atlantic City Adak Island Kodiak Dallas Pittsburgh Angoon Athens Alliance Wainwright King Salmon Albany Waterloo Alamosa Walla Walla Amarillo Durango Anchorage Aniak Altoona Denver Naples Alpena Ann Arbor Watertown Aspen Ashland Atqasuk Atlanta Appleton Augusta Austin Wausau Asheville Scranton Phoenix Kalamazoo Shreveport Hartford Bedford Bethel Scottsbluff Seattle Bakersfield Binghamton Bangor Bar Harbor Birmingham El Paso Billings Bismarck Bemidji Cleveland Beckley Las Vegas Bellingham Bloomington Nashville Boise Boston Beaumont Brunswick Brainerd Burlington Brownsville Barrow Butte Baton Rouge Buffalo Burbank Baltimore Bozeman Akron Concord Cedar City Chadron Cordova Caldwell Crescent City Cortez Craig Cape Girardeau Chattanooga Chicago Charlottesville Charleston Chico Cedar Rapids Sault Ste Marie Clarksburg Carlsbad College Station Port Angeles Charlotte Columbus Champaign Houghton Moab Cody Colorado Springs Casper St Louis Myrtle Beach Jacksonville Corpus Christi San Luis Obispo Cincinnati Clovis Cheyenne Daytona Beach Dayton Dubuque Washington Dodge City Decatur Detroit Dothan Dickinson Dillingham Duluth Des Moines Dutch Harbor Devils Lake Davenport Oklahoma City Eagle Kearney Wenatchee Eau Claire Panama City Ft Walton Beach Elko Elmira Kenai Erie Escanaba East Sound Eugene Evansville New Bedford New Bern New York Key West Fairbanks Fargo Fresno Kalispell Minneapolis Flagstaff Ft Lauderdale Farmington Ft Collins Flint Fort Dodge Topeka Friday Harbor Sioux Falls Ft Smith Ft Worth Ft Wayne Fort Yukon Galena Great Bend Gillette Garden City Grand Canyon Grand Canyon West Spokane Grand Forks Longview Grand Junction Gainesville Gulfport Green Bay Grand Island Killeen Grand Rapids Greensboro Glacier Bay Great Falls Gunnison Gary Hayden Hagerstown Hilton Head Hibbing Honolulu Hoonah Hana Haines Hobbs Homer Huron White Plains Princeville Harlingen Harrison Huslia Huntsville Hughes New Haven Havre Hyannis Hays Niagara Falls Wichita Idaho Falls Bullhead City Kingman Wilmington Iron Mountain Indianapolis International Falls Winston-Salem El Centro Williamsport Kirksville Williston Islip Ithaca Hilo Ironwood Inyokern Jackson Los Angeles Jonesboro Oakland Kansas City Jefferson City Kapalua Jamestown Joplin Juneau Johnstown Kake Kalskag Klawock Kona Ketchikan Brevig Mission Kasigluk Los Alamos Lansing Lawton Lubbock Latrobe North Platte Liberal Lake Charles Long Beach Lihue Little Rock Klamath Falls West Palm Beach Lincoln Lancaster Lanai Louisville Lopez Island Laredo La Crosse Kalaupapa Greenbrier Lewiston Lynchburg Midland Manistee Saginaw Merced McCook Macon Orlando Mason City Meridian Memphis McAllen Medford Montgomery Morgantown Manhattan Sacramento Manchester Miami Omaha Milwaukee Muskegon Hoolehua Melbourne Moline Monroe Mammoth Lakes Morristown Mobile Modesto Minot Mountain Village Marquette Monterey Muscle Shoals Madison Missoula Massena New Orleans Marathon Montrose Kamuela Martha S Vineyard Marion Manila San Diego Nulato Maui Ogdensburg Nome Ontario Norfolk Newport News Worcester North Bend Kotzebue Owensboro Everett Paducah Plattsburgh Pendleton Portland - Oregon Page Newport News Philadelphia Peoria Laurel St Petersburg Pocatello Pierre Point Lay Parkersburg Pellston Pensacola Presque Isle Prescott Pasco Petersburg Portsmouth Palm Springs Pullman Provincetown Providence Portland (Maine) Rapid City Roche Harbor Redmond Bend Raleigh Rockford Rhinelander San Jose Richmond Rifle Riverton Rockland Rock Springs Roanoke Rochester Roswell Russian Mission Fort Myers Rutland Santa Fe San Antonio Savannah Santa Barbara South Bend Salisbury Ocean City Prudhoe Bay Deadhorse State College Scottsdale Stockton Sand Point Sidney Sanford San Francisco Sugar Land Stuttgart St George Skagway Staunton Sheridan Sitka San Angelo Salt Lake City Saranac Lake Salina Santa Ana Show Low Springfield Wichita Falls Sarasota St Simons Is Saint Cloud Stevens Point St Paul Santa Rosa Sun Valley Sioux City Silver City Newburgh Syracuse Tanana Ft Leonard Wood Teterboro Telluride Tallahassee Toledo Tampa Bristol Trenton Tulsa Tupelo Tucson Traverse City Thief River Falls Lake Tahoe Twin Falls Texarkana Tyler Knoxville Palm Desert Quincy Unalakleet Victoria Valdez Vernal Visalia Valdosta Selawik Wrangell Worland West Yellowstone Yakutat Yakima Yuma Zanesville
Air Pacific -> 1,416 USD Alitalia <-> 448 USD Alaska Airlines -> 214 USD Aer Lingus <-> 826 USD Air Canada <-> 364 USD Virgin Atlantic Airways -> 2,359 USD Emirates Airlines -> 542 USD Finnair <-> 445 USD Qatar Airways -> 520 USD Japan Airlines -> 481 USD Iceland Air -> 669 USD American Airlines -> 152 USD Shanghai Airlines <-> 1,070 USD Hahn Air -> 266 USD Etihad Airways -> 629 USD Norwegian Air Shuttle -> 549 USD Sichuan Airlines -> 323 USD Iberi <-> 478 USD South African Airways -> 1,297 USD Vietnam Airlines -> 271 USD
American Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue, AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines are popular airlines in US. These airlines are operating domestic and international flights to countries in America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Major and low-cost airlines flying to US consist of Aeroméxico, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, KLM, Korean Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Volaris, Swiss International Air Lines, Royal Jordanian, Qatar Airways, Japan Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Finnair, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Air India, Air France, Air Canada, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, China Airlines…
Country City Greece -> United States 732 USD Athens Vietnam -> United States 280 USD Ca Mau, Dien Bien Phu, Phu Quoc, Can Tho Thailand -> United States 257 USD Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Trat, Sukhothai, Koh Samui Japan <-> United States 1,662 USD Izumo Philippines -> United States 2,691 USD Kalibo Malaysia <-> United States 814 USD Kuala Lumpur Norway -> United States 549 USD Oslo Papua New Guinea (Niugini) -> United States 1,229 USD Port Moresby El Salvador <-> United States 666 USD San Salvador Taiwan <-> United States 622 USD Taipei Lao, People's Dem. Rep. -> United States 300 USD Vientiane, Savannakhet United Arab Emirates -> United States 2,595 USD Dubai
Tourists can book tickets to America from destinations in Asia, Europe, America and Africa as below:
Country |
City |
Korea |
Busan, Seoul |
China |
Beijing, Shanghai-Pudong, Guangzhou |
UK |
London–City, London–Heathrow, Manchester (UK), London–Gatwick |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
India |
Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai |
Belgium |
Brussels |
Austria |
Vienna |
Taiwan |
Taipei - Taoyuan |
Qatar |
Doha |
United Arab Emirates |
Dubai, Abu Dhabi |
Finland |
Helsinki |
Japan |
Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita |
Turkey |
Istanbul-Atatürk |
Saudi Arabia |
Jeddah and Riyadh |
France |
Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly |
Ukraine |
Kiev |
Russian Federation |
Moscow–Vnukovo, Moscow–Sheremetyevo |
Ecuador |
Quito |
Switzerland |
Geneva, Zürich |
South Africa |
Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo |
German |
Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin–Tegel |
Singapore |
Singapore |
Jordan |
Amman–Queen Alia |
Morocco |
Casablanca |
Denmark |
Copenhagen |
Pakistan |
Lahoreb, Karachib |
Poland |
Warsaw–Chopin |
Peru |
Lima |
Chile |
Santiago de Chile |
Netherlands |
Amsterdam |
Mexico |
Mexico city |
Spain |
Madrid |
Italy |
Milan–Malpensa |
Egypt |
Cairo |
Panama |
Panama City |
Ireland |
Dublin |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires–Ezeiza |
Mexico |
Cancun, Mexico, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo |
Canada |
Toronto–Pearson, Montréal–Trudeau |
- In America, most of the restaurants include tips in the bill, so pay attention to it, if it is not included tips are always appreciated. In some large hotels and restaurants, it will be about 10% to 25% of service charge. If bills do not include a tip, tourists should leave a tip on the table or give it to the waiter, hotel reception before leaving.
- Americans have very high self-discipline. Though the regulations of environmental protection are not too rigorous and strict as, for instance, that in Singapore, the US government still has laws to punish those who knowingly littering public places. In America, tourists are not allowed to smoke in some public places.
- America has good security, but there are some areas in cities where tourists are advised not to approach.
- Buses in America are quite slow, so it is often popular for tourists traveling in short-distance routes between cities. Therefore, the most comfortable and convenient mean to travel around the country is private car.
- Tourists should not use the phone at the hotels because the price is quite high. To have cheap calls, tourists should buy a prepaid sim card to call aboard and within states. Tourists should ask for tour guide for purchasing sim card. Come to places where Vietnamese or Chinese are living to make cheap calls to Vietnam.
- Supermarkets in US are often open from 09:00am/ 10:00am to 5:00pm/ 6:00pm. Many luxury items sold in US are often cheaper than those in Europe and Australia. Tourists to America often buy goods such as perfume, cosmetics, shoes, clothes, electronic products, medical equipment.