section_path: Economy/Tourism
section_name: Tourism
paragraph_text: Tourism
  
  Every year the scenic areas of the Rocky Mountains draw millions of tourists. The main language of the Rocky Mountains is English. But there are also linguistic pockets of Spanish and indigenous languages.
  
  People from all over the world visit the sites to hike, camp, or engage in mountain sports. In the summer season, examples of tourist attractions are:
  
  In the United States:
  
  In Canada, the mountain range contains these national parks:
  
  Glacier National Park in Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta border each other and are collectively known as Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
  
  In the winter, skiing is the main attraction, with dozens of Rocky Mountain ski areas and resorts.
  
  The adjacent Columbia Mountains in British Columbia contain major resorts such as Panorama and Kicking Horse, as well as Mount Revelstoke National Park and Glacier National Park.
  
  There are numerous provincial parks in the British Columbia Rockies, the largest and most notable being Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, Mount Robson Provincial Park, Northern Rocky Mountains Provincial Park, Kwadacha Wilderness Provincial Park, Stone Mountain Provincial Park and Muncho Lake Provincial Park.
  
  John Denver wrote the song Rocky Mountain High in 1972. The song is one of the two official state songs of Colorado.