3, Salem, USA

Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, which is in the United States. The word Salem comes from Arabic and Jewish words which is Salam in Arabic and Shalom in Jewish. The city of Salem is a destination that filled with many historical account and being respected as one of historical places.

However, the main reason for Salem to be known was because of the famous Salem witch trials that happened between 1692 until 1693. The Salem witch trial is a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in the colonial community. Many people are being convicted and sentenced to death for the allegations of witchcraft. It was being recorded as the largest witchcraft execution in history.

Nowadays, has become one of the famous tourist attractions, especially after the incident happened centuries ago. Many filmmakers are using Salem as a set for their movies especially in horror flick. The incident somehow gave business opportunity to the local people of Salem. Salem is also known as the witch city.

The people of Salem then introduced the witch related tourism, where the locals will sell merchandise regarding to witchcraft such as broom, wands etc. It becomes much more popular after the famous 70s television comedy series Bewitched were being filmed here. Many tourist came to Salem especially when the times of Halloween. The city also added an official ``Haunted Happenings’’ celebration during the October tourist season.

There are popular spots such as The Gallows Hill Park where this place had become the location of the convicted witches that being executed. There are also Salem Witch Village which is actually is not a village but an indoor guided tour through a maze containing sets covering the history of witchcraft from its paleolithic roots up until modern times.

The Salem Witch Village starts from discussing times throughout the history wrongly associated with witchcraft before moving on to the real stuff. It then concentrated on the stereotypical of dark ages and myths.

\Salem had become a famous tourist attraction mainly because of the bloody and its gore history. Many people refuse to come here as they are frightened by the story. However, for people who really put their interest on witchcraft legends and history, that is not a problem to them and they must come here.