Fifteen states in the United States are preparing for Monday’s total solar eclipse and the arrival of millions of tourists.
Over the weekend, millions of people already set out for Monday afternoon’s total solar eclipse, which crosses the United States in a southwest-northeast direction, about four thousand kilometers long and almost two hundred kilometers wide.
The natural phenomenon will be observed for the first time in the state of Texas, where
it will reach totality for about four and a half minutes on Monday at 12:30 local time.
The moon’s shadow will leave the United States over the state of Maine about an hour later.
A partial solar eclipse will be visible in most of the United States, in Los Angeles the Moon will occupy about half of the Sun, as well as in Miami. In the capital, Washington, it will be almost ninety percent.
About forty-four million people live in the area of the total solar eclipse and expect significantly increased tourism, with substantial income. According to a recent survey by Lisa W. Miller & Associates, a consumer research firm, twelve million people travel to see the astronomical phenomenon in its entirety.
Most people, about one million, choose Texas, where the eclipse will be visible for the longest time.
The Perryman Group, an economic and financial analysis group, expects an additional direct tourism income of one and a half billion dollars, but this, together with ancillary revenues, could exceed four and a half billion dollars. The tourism industry in Texas can count on the most serious direct income, about four hundred and twenty million, but a quarter of a billion dollars is also expected in New York state.
Many festivals are held in the localities within the range of the natural phenomenon, in Cleveland the events already started on the weekend. In Washington, the national air and space museum (National Air and Space Museum) is preparing special scientific educational lectures on Monday for residents and visitors to the capital.
The last time a total solar eclipse passed through much of the United States, with a band stretching from the West Coast to the East Coast, was in 2017.
The next similar phenomenon affecting the two coasts will occur in 2045.
At the same time, a total solar eclipse affecting smaller areas of the country will be visible in Alaska in 2033, then in Montana and North Dakota in 2044.
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