By: Fiona Moriarty, Hipmunk This past weekend, the five historic missions in San Antonio received�official designation as a World Heritage Site. Hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the culmination of a nine-year effort to secure the missions with this elite status, reported San Antonio news station KENS5. The missions join an impressive list of other�U.S. World Heritage Sites, including Yosemite National Park, Monticello, Independence Hall, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Officials estimate that the new designation will invigorate tourism to the missions--to the tune of a�hundred million dollars and tons of new jobs in the local tourism industry. Want to beat the...
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