Two-thirds of coal industry jobs in Appalachia have disappeared since the 1990s. Now, the area is hoping tourism will help rebuild its economy. Appalachia is the name for a cultural area in the eastern United States. It gets its name from the Appalachian Mountains, and is the center of America’s coal industry. For visitors, history and nature are two of the main draws here. In one town in Ohio, people re-enact a Prohibition rally outside a former speakeasy, the name for an illegal alcohol store or night club during the Prohibition period in the United States. In rural Kentucky, people are building an elk-viewing area on a former mountaintop coal mine.

What does tourism mean?
speak easy
elk watching
travel for pleasure
coal mines
What are the two main draws?
history and nature
steel and copper
coal and diamonds
alcohol and elk
The area is hoping tourism will rebuild the economy.
improve the culture
bring back coal jobs
rebuild the economy
attract elk