Editing Atlanta (section)

===Tourism===
{{Main|Tourism in Atlanta|List of museums in Atlanta|Cuisine of Atlanta}}
[[File:MLK's Boyhood home.jpg|thumb|left|Martin Luther King Jr.'s childhood home]]
[[File:The World of Coca-Cola.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|The [[World of Coca-Cola]]]]

{{As of|2010}}, Atlanta is the seventh-most visited city in the United States, with over 35&nbsp;million visitors per year.<ref name="Murray">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/04/28/tourism-new-york-lifestyle-travel-las-vegas-cities_slide_5.html |work=Forbes |first=Valaer |last=Murray |title=List: America's Most-Visited Cities}}</ref> Although the most popular attraction among visitors to Atlanta is the [[Georgia Aquarium]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/members-and-donors/about-us.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009013533/http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/members-and-donors/about-us.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2010 |title=Members & Donors {{pipe}} About Us |publisher=Georgia Aquarium |date=November 23, 2005 |access-date=June 27, 2011 }}</ref> the world's largest indoor aquarium,<ref>{{cite news |title = Big window to the sea |url = http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/11/21/new.ga.aquarium/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=January 1, 2008 |date=November 23, 2005}}</ref> Atlanta's tourism industry is mostly driven by the city's history museums and outdoor attractions. Atlanta contains a notable number of historical museums and sites, including the [[Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park]], which includes the preserved childhood home of Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], as well as his final resting place; the [[Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum]], which houses a massive painting and [[diorama]] in-the-round, with a rotating central audience platform, depicting the [[Battle of Atlanta]] in the Civil War; the [[World of Coca-Cola]], featuring the history of the world-famous soft drink brand and its well-known advertising; the [[College Football Hall of Fame]], which honors college football and its athletes; the [[National Center for Civil and Human Rights]], which explores the civil rights movement and its connection to contemporary [[human rights movement]]s throughout the world; the [[Carter Center]] and Presidential Library, housing U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s papers and other material relating to the Carter administration and the Carter family's life; and the [[Margaret Mitchell House and Museum]], where Mitchell wrote the best-selling novel ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone with the Wind]]''.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Atlanta contains several outdoor attractions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cjnews.com/node/89451 |title=Many quiet delights to be found in Atlanta |work=The Canadian Jewish News |author=Nancy Wigston |date=March 2, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2012 |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918043907/http://www.cjnews.com/node/89451 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Atlanta Botanical Garden]], adjacent to Piedmont Park, is home to the {{convert|600|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} [[Atlanta Botanical Garden#Canopy Walk|Kendeda Canopy Walk]], a [[Skyway|skywalk]] that allows visitors to tour one of the city's last remaining [[urban forest]]s from {{convert|40|ft|m|}} above the ground. The Canopy Walk is considered{{by whom|date=April 2021}} the only canopy-level pathway of its kind in the United States.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} [[Zoo Atlanta]], in [[Grant Park (Atlanta)|Grant Park]], accommodates over 1,300 animals representing more than 220 species. Home to the nation's largest collections of gorillas and orangutans, the zoo is one of only four zoos in the U.S. to house [[giant panda]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zooatlanta.org/about/our-story/history/pandas-to-present/|title=1999–2017: Pandas to Present |publisher=[[Zoo Atlanta]] |access-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref> Festivals showcasing arts and crafts, film, and music, including the [[Atlanta Dogwood Festival]], the [[Atlanta Film Festival]], and [[Music Midtown]], respectively, are also popular with tourists.<ref name=piedmonthist>{{cite web |title = Park History |publisher=Piedmont Park Conservancy |url = http://www.piedmontpark.org/history/history.html |access-date=July 7, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070704150329/http://www.piedmontpark.org/history/history.html |archive-date = July 4, 2007}}</ref>

Tourists are drawn to the city's culinary scene,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://atlantafi.com/best-new-atlanta-restaurants-to-try-in-2019/ |title=Best new Atlanta restaurants in 2019|publisher=AtlantaFi.com|access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref> which comprises a mix of urban establishments garnering national attention, ethnic restaurants serving cuisine from every corner of the world, and traditional eateries specializing in Southern dining. Since the turn of the 21st century, Atlanta has emerged as a sophisticated restaurant town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/12923158 |title=Frommer's best bets for dining in Atlanta |work=[[NBC News]] |date=May 30, 2006 |access-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref> Many restaurants opened in the city's [[Gentrification of Atlanta|gentrifying neighborhoods]] have received praise at the national level, including Bocado, Bacchanalia, and Miller Union in [[West Midtown]], Empire State South in [[Midtown Atlanta|Midtown]], and Two Urban Licks and [[Kevin Rathbun|Rathbun's]] on the [[Eastside (Atlanta)|east side]].<ref name="online.wsj.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twourbanlicks.com/p/about-two.html |title=About two |publisher=TWO urban licks |access-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kevinrathbun.com/details-magazine.html |title=Details Magazine – Official Site |publisher=Kevinrathbun.com |access-date=June 27, 2011 |archive-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101160854/http://www.kevinrathbun.com/details-magazine.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2010/11/18/america-s-hottest-new-restaurants.html |title=America's Hottest New Restaurants |website=The Daily Beast |date=November 18, 2010 |access-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref> In 2011, ''The New York Times'' characterized Empire State South and Miller Union as reflecting "a new kind of sophisticated Southern sensibility centered on the farm but experienced in the city".<ref>{{cite news |last=Severson |first=Kim |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/travel/08choice-atlanta.html |title=Atlanta serves sophisticated Southern |department=Atlanta (Ga) |work=The New York Times |date=May 6, 2011 |access-date=May 17, 2012}}</ref> Visitors seeking to sample international Atlanta are directed to [[Buford Highway]], the city's international corridor, and suburban [[Gwinnett County, Georgia|Gwinnett County]]. There, the nearly-million [[immigrants]] that make Atlanta home have established various authentic ethnic restaurants representing virtually every nationality on the globe.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stuart|first=Gwynedd|url=http://clatl.com/atlanta/highway-to-heaven/Content?oid=1248435|title=Highway to heaven|work=Creative Loafing|date=June 24, 2004|access-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Yeomans |first=Curt |url=https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/gwinnett-a-large-draw-for-koreans-in-georgia/article_02338702-b0a7-56af-9dbd-355df0fd17ac.html |title=Gwinnett a large draw for Koreans in Georgia |work=[[Gwinnett Daily Post]] |date=April 18, 2016 |access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> For traditional Southern fare, one of the city's most famous establishments is [[The Varsity (restaurant)|The Varsity]], a long-lived fast food chain and the world's largest drive-in restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|title = What'll Ya Have?|url = http://www.thevarsity.com/|publisher=The Varsity |access-date=July 7, 2007}}</ref> [[Mary Mac's Tea Room]] and [[Paschal's]] are more formal destinations for Southern food.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}