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===Tourism=== North Dakota is considered the least visited state, owing, in part, to its not having a major tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lukas |first=Paul |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/11/01/268029/index.htm |title=State Secret North Dakota, our least visited state, is also among the most underappreciated |work=CNNMoney.com |date=November 1, 1999 |access-date=July 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122133737/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/11/01/268029/index.htm |archive-date=January 22, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nonetheless, tourism is North Dakota's third largest industry, contributing more than $3 billion into the state's economy annually. Outdoor attractions like the 144-mile (232 km) [[Maah Daah Hey Trail]] and activities like fishing and hunting attract visitors. The state is known for the Lewis & Clark Trail and being the winter camp of the Corps of Discovery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/12-least-visited-states-in-america-connecticut-rhode-island-and-north-dakota|title=The Least-Visited States in America, and Why You Should Go to Each|first=Matt|last=Meltzer|date=September 20, 2015|website=Thrillist.com|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904200512/https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/12-least-visited-states-in-america-connecticut-rhode-island-and-north-dakota|archive-date=September 4, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Areas popular with visitors include [[Theodore Roosevelt National Park]] in the western part of the state. The park often exceeds 475,000 visitors each year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/thro/parkmgmt/upload/THRO-Centennial-Strategy.pdf |title=First Annual Centennial Strategy for Theodore Roosevelt National Park |date=August 2007 |access-date=July 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531184426/http://www.nps.gov/thro/parkmgmt/upload/THRO-Centennial-Strategy.pdf |archive-date=May 31, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Regular events in the state that attract tourists include ''[[Norsk Høstfest]]'' in [[Minot, North Dakota|Minot]], billed as North America's largest [[Scandinavia]]n festival;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kxnet.com/hostfest |title=Norsk Høstfest |date=October 7, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325102152/http://www.kxnet.com/hostfest |archive-date=March 25, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> the [[Medora Musical]]; and the [[North Dakota State Fair]]. The state also receives a significant number of visitors from the neighboring Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, particularly when the exchange rate is favorable.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Elvins|first=Sarah|date=September 2, 2015|title='A river of money flowing south': cross-border shopping in North Dakota and the insatiable Canadian desire for American goods, 1900–2001|journal=History of Retailing and Consumption|volume=1|issue=3|pages=230–245|doi=10.1080/2373518X.2015.1134256|s2cid=167403788|issn=2373-518X}}</ref> International tourists now also come to visit the [[Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zone Interdite : Classé Secret Défense – le Tour du Monde de la famille Bourgeois|date=June 8, 2018 |url=https://www.sans-avion.net/tdm/zone-interdite-classe-secret-defense/|access-date=October 10, 2020|language=fr-FR|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220154008/https://www.sans-avion.net/tdm/zone-interdite-classe-secret-defense/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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