Welcome sign
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A welcome sign (or gateway sign) is a road sign at the border of a jurisdiction or region that introduces or welcomes visitors to the place.{{cite web |work=South African Manual for Outdoor Advertising |publisher= South African Dept. of Environmental Affairs and Tourism|title=Discussion Documents - Class 4F - Gateway Signs |accessdate=2009-04-13 |url=http://www.environment.gov.za/samoac/discDocs/Class_4f.pdf }} Examples of welcome signs can be found near political borders, such as when entering a state, province, county, city, or town, and they are increasingly found in neighborhoods and private communities.{{cite web |title=Downtown Bristol to get Gateway sign |author=McGee, David |url=http://www.tricities.com/news/article_85a3d893-817b-5b38-ae0d-ddf3b1e688be.html?mode=story |date=11 April 2009 |accessdate=13 April 2009 }} In European countries under the Schengen Agreement, a welcome sign may be found at borders between countries. Its purpose is partly informational, to inform drivers where they are, and partly for tourism, as it affords an opportunity to advertise features within the region to people who are entering it. A welcome sign is a type of town sign—a sign placed at the entrance to and exit from a city, town, or village. In many jurisdictions, the format of town signs is standardized; in some, welcome signs may be distinct from the legally mandated town sign.
A municipality's welcome sign may give its population or date of foundation, list twinned towns or services within the town, or depict the town's crest, typical local products, or the logo of sponsor organizations which maintain the sign (such as the local Lions Club).
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File:Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign.jpg | Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas, Nevada
File:New York - JFK Airport Exterior 008 (14358629893).png|Welcome to New York City, New York
File:Welcome to Moscow, Idaho.jpg | Welcome sign in Moscow, Idaho
File:RosenbergWelcome.jpg | Welcome sign in Rosenberg, Texas
File:2016-03-23 08 00 16 "Welcome to Florida" sign along southbound Florida State Route 97 entering Escambia County, Florida from Atmore, Alabama.jpg|Welcome to Florida
Image:WelcomeDCPennAve2.jpg | Washington, D.C.
Image:Bienvenue à Chambéry.JPG | Chambéry, France
Image:KenovaWV sign.jpg | Kenova, West Virginia
Image:PANNEAU ENTREE MELUN.jpg | Melun, France
Image:WelcometoCollegeStation.JPG | College Station, Texas
Image:Napa Valley welcome sign.jpg | Napa Valley, California
Image:Mission's welcome sign.JPG | Mission, Canada
Image:Chillingham vill sign.JPG | Chillingham, Australia
Image:2005-0623-VK-OgdenSign.jpg | Ogden, Utah
"Maryland Welcomes You" road sign, c. October 1981.svg|Maryland welcome sign, c. 1980s
File:Welcometomississippi i-20.jpg|The Mississippi welcome sign
Image:Witacz1.jpg|Szydłowiec, Poland
File:0904 Witacz Police ZPL.JPG|Police, Poland
File:Beregszasz_city_limit_sign_rovas_script.JPG|Bilingual entry signs in Beregszász / Berehove / Берегово (Ukraine) - with Cyrillic letters (for Ukrainian), Latin and rovas letters (for Hungarian).
File:RIAN_archive_1052479_Work_of_border_guards_on_Russian-Lithuanian_border_in_Ribachy_village,_Kaliningrad_region.jpg|Bilingual welcome sign in Russian and English near the Lithuania–Russia border in Rybachy, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
File:Taba_Border_Terminal_(Egypt).JPG|Bilingual welcome sign in Arabic and English on Egyptian-Israeli Taba Border Crossing, Egypt
File:Welcome sign in Loburn New Zealand, 2013.jpg| Welcome sign in Loburn, New Zealand.
File:StBarths2.JPG|Swedish, French and English welcome sign in Gustavia, France.
File:AlaskaSign.jpg|Alaska welcome sign
File:YukonSign.jpg|Yukon larger than life sign
File:BritishColumbiaSign.jpg|British Columbia sign along Klondike Highway, Canada
File:Welcome sign on Farm Gunsteling, Namibia.jpg|Welcome sign on Farm Gunsteling in Namibia, c. 2017
File:Méribel welcome sign.jpg|Méribel welcome sign, placed between different areas of the linked ski resort Les Trois Vallées
File:Philadelphia welcome sign.jpg|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania along its northern border on City Avenue
"Welcome to Texas, Proud Home of President George W. Bush" road sign.png|Texas state welcome sign, c. 2008
File:Welcome to Manayunk.jpg|Welcome to Main Street Manayunk sign
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