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==Tourism==
==Tourism==
[[File:Quebec3.jpg|thumb|250px]] Tourists visiting leading heritage sites are heirs to 19th-century gentry tourism. Well-to-do Americans and Europeans started traveling to Canada in the 1830's. Quebec City was as early as the 18th century a much reputed town and even a symbol because of its exceptional site and situation.
[[File:Quebec3.jpg|thumb|250px]] Tourists visiting leading heritage sites are heirs to 19th-century gentry tourism. Well-to-do Americans and Europeans started traveling to Canada in the 1830s. Quebec City was as early as the 18th century a much reputed town and even a symbol because of its exceptional site and situation.
The City is unique in North America as the old part of the city is surrounded by city walls and fortifications. A large hotel, the [[Chateau Frontenac]] over looks the narrowing of the [[Saint Lawrence River]] and the entire city. The upper town belonged to businessmen, priests, and politicians, the lower town was home to sailors, whores, and criminals. The cliffs separating the two towns were deemed unscalable, but in recent decades gentrification has cleaned out the old crime-ridden slums in "basse ville" (the lower city). Even old-time, tubercular, working-class areas like Limoilou have been upgraded to international tourist standards. Hotels and restaurants have been carved from former residences. The churches have become quiet museums. Laval University has moved to the suburbs.
The City is unique in North America as the old part of the city is surrounded by city walls and fortifications. A large hotel, the [[Chateau Frontenac]] over looks the narrowing of the [[Saint Lawrence River]] and the entire city. The upper town belonged to businessmen, priests, and politicians, the lower town was home to sailors, whores, and criminals. The cliffs separating the two towns were deemed unscalable, but in recent decades gentrification has cleaned out the old crime-ridden slums in "basse ville" (the lower city). Even old-time, tubercular, working-class areas like Limoilou have been upgraded to international tourist standards. Hotels and restaurants have been carved from former residences. The churches have become quiet museums. Laval University has moved to the suburbs.