Featured Tour #2 - HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE WORLD®

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HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE WORLD® is the most-often visited corporate visitors center in the country - and no wonder! HERSHEY® leads the U.S. in chocolate production, and the town of Hershey is well known as "Chocolatetown USA." Where else can you find an entire town where the aroma of chocolate lingers in the air, and the street lights are shaped like HERSHEY'S KISSES®?

Over 50 million people have visited Chocolate World since it opened 30 years ago. The highlight of the tour is a 15-minute amusement park-style ride where riders travel through the journey taken by a cacao bean on its way to becoming HERSHEY® 'S chocolate! Along the way, you'll meet one of the cows who provide Hershey with more than 235,000 gallons of milk everyday, and see the production process that results in over 70 million HERSHEY'S KISSES® per day!

After your ride, you'll find a glimpse into HERSHEY® 'S past and present in the gallery of old-time and current advertisements - and of course, your tour ends with a free sample! You'll also want to spend some time browsing through the gigantic factory store.

But nostalgia isn't the only thing on the agenda at Chocolate World. There's plenty to look forward to in the future, as well, since HERSHEY® will unveil an expanded and technologically thrilling Chocolate World experience in the spring of 2002!

Find out more about HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE WORLD®.

Fun Facts:

• HERSHEY'S KISSES® were first made in 1907.
• HERSHEY'S KISSES® got their name because the machine that makes them "kisses" the conveyer belt with chocolate.
• HERSHEY® operates in 90 countries and is the largest chocolate maker in the U.S.
• Founder Milton Hershey was instrumental in founding the town that bears his name.
• Hershey is 3 hours from New York City, 2 hours from Philadelphia, 4 hours from Pittsburgh, 2.5 hours from Washington, D.C., and 1.5 hours from Baltimore.