Whois & Analysis for visitkc.com

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country.

The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest or simply the Midwest, is one of the four geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, occupying the northern central part of the United States of America.

It was officially named the North Central region by the Census Bureau until 1984.

A restaurant (or), or an eatery, is a business which prepares and serves food and drinks to customers in exchange for money.

Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services, and some offer only take-out and delivery.

Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and service models ranging from inexpensive fast food restaurants and cafeterias to mid-priced family restaurants, to high-priced luxury establishments.

Kansas City is the largest city in Missouri and the sixth largest city in the Midwest.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had an estimated population of 475,378 in 2015, making it the 36th largest city by population in the United States.

It is the anchor city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Kansas–Missouri border.

Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a Missouri River port at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west.

On June 1, 1850 the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory.

Confusion between the two ensued and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon thereafter.

The hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within service industry that includes lodging, event planning, theme parks, transportation, cruise line, and additional fields within the tourism industry.

The hospitality industry is a multibillion-dollar industry that depends on the availability of leisure time and disposable income.

A hospitality unit such as a restaurant, hotel, or an amusement park consists of multiple groups such as facility maintenance and direct operations (servers, housekeepers, porters, kitchen workers, bartenders, management, marketing, and human resources etc).