Primary tourist areas are located around the existing towns of Corralejo in the north and Morro Jable in Jandia, plus the purely tourist development of Caleta de Fuste, south of Puerto del Rosario.

The streams and waterfalls, the latter mainly in Upper Galilee, along with vast fields of greenery and colourful wildflowers, as well as numerous towns of biblical importance, make the region a popular tourist destination.

Many rural towns have begun using murals to create tourist attractions in order to boost economic income.

And in the Central Portugal towns of Nelas and Canas de Senhorim, Carnival is one of the most important tourist events in the region, attracting thousands of visitors yearly.

Some ghost towns, especially those that preserve period-specific architecture, have become tourist attractions.

Other tourist attractions include historic towns like Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge and Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Abandoned mills and factories can be found in small towns and villages, and a few have been converted to tourist attractions, such as the coal mine at La Mure.

Gascony is also famed for its douceur de vivre (" sweetness of life "): its food ( it is home to foie gras and Armagnac brandy ), its medieval towns and villages locally called bastides nested amidst green rolling hills, its sunny weather, the beauty of its landscape, with the occasional distant views of the Pyrenees mountain range, all contribute to the popularity of Gascony as a tourist destination.

Inaugurated in 1965 is now a major tourist infrastructure, as through the coastal towns of Emilia Romagna, Marche, Abruzzo, Molise and Puglia.

State Road 66, designated as the Ohio River Scenic Byway for most of its course in the county, is the most heavily traveled road by residents and visitors alike, adjacent to the three most populous towns in the county as well as most major tourist destinations.

Typical of Northern Michigan towns, Charlevoix has a significant seasonal tourist population in the summer.

Almelo has about 72, 000 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of Twente, with the industrial centres of Enschede and Hengelo as close neighbours but also with tourist towns like Ootmarsum, Delden and Markelo only a bicycle ride away.

Schroon Lake, in the towns of Schroon and Horicon, is a year-round tourist destination, with boating, swimming and fishing in the summer and snowmobiling, snowshoeing and ice fishing in the winter ; hiking and hunting are popular in the fall and spring.

Located at the southern end of North Carolina's Atlantic Ocean coastline, with access to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Ocean Isle Beach has many beach houses and second homes, and is a tourist attraction because of its beauty, atmosphere, and proximity to other major beach towns.

It was created in 1968 from four existing municipalities north of Myrtle Beach, and serves as one of the primary tourist towns along the Grand Strand.

As well as being a tourist attraction, this railway is a public service between the small towns and villages between Hythe and Dungeness and is under contract to the local council to transport children to and from The Marsh Academy in New Romney.

In the European towns where lace was once a major industry, especially in Belgium, England, Spain ( Camariñas ), northern Portugal and France, lacemakers still demonstrate the craft and sell their wares, though their customer base has shifted from the wealthy nobility to the curious tourist.

Recreation communities (" tourist towns ") define some local feature, usually a historic site or scenic vista, as a " natural resource " and market this to tourists.

The main tourist attractions of Norway are the fjord-indented coastline and its mountains, the unspoiled nature of the inner parts of the country, and the cities and smaller towns.

Regular opening hours: Monday 11: 00h-18: 00h ; Tuesday-Friday: 09: 30h-18: 00h ; Saturday: 09: 30h-17: 00h ; Sunday ( Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Almere, Leiden and smaller tourist towns ): 12 noon-18: 00h.

Tanunda and Angaston are considered ' tourist towns ' in comparison to Nuriootpa because they have many more facilities to cater for tourists.

A popular tourist destination with a tight connurbation of resort towns, Torbay's sandy beaches, mild climate and recreational and leisure attractions have given rise to the nickname of the English Riviera.

Its tourist potential is rapidly expanding, being very much an eastern counterpart to towns such as Heidelberg.

The towns of Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Thetford Mines are part of the historical region, but not part of the tourist.

Nevertheless, Prokofieff was much influenced by Paris during the Twenties: the Paris which was the artistic center of the Western World -- the social Paris to which Russian aristocracy migrated -- the chic Paris which attracted the tourist dollars of rich America -- the avant-garde Paris of Diaghileff, Stravinsky, Koussevitzky, Cocteau, Picasso -- the laissez-faire Paris of Dadaism and ultramodern art -- the Paris sympathique which took young composers to her bosom with such quick and easy enthusiasms.

At present the Alps are one of the more popular tourist destinations in the world with many resorts such Oberstdorf, in Bavaria, Saalbach in Austria, Davos in Switzerland, Chamonix in France, and Cortina d ' Ampezzo in Italy recording more than a million annual visitors.

Many " authentic Ainu villages " advertised in Hokkaido such as Akan and Shiraoi are tourist attractions and provide an opportunity to see and meet Ainu people.

In many tourist or travel destinations, a bus is part of the tourist attraction, such as the North American tourist trolleys, London ’ s Routemaster heritage routes, or the customised buses of Malta, Asia and the Americas.

* Some such countries do not require tourist visas of citizens of other Commonwealth countries.

Some predominantly coastal areas have become major tourist centres, such as parts of Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton Island, the South Shore of Nova Scotia and the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Bay of Fundy coasts of New Brunswick.

This area is centred around fortresses such as Montségur and Carcassonne ; also the French département of the Aude uses the title Pays Cathare in tourist brochures.

Gardening also takes place in non-residential green areas, such as parks, public or semi-public gardens ( botanical gardens or zoological gardens ), amusement and amusement parks, along transportation corridors, and around tourist attractions and garden hotels.

Melbourne is a prominent graffiti city of Australia with many of its lanes being tourist attractions, such as Hosier Lane in particular, a popular destination for photographers, wedding photography and backdrops for corporate print advertising.

A gardener Gardening also takes place in non-residential green areas, such as parks, public or semi-public gardens ( botanical gardens or zoological gardens ), amusement and theme parks, along transportation corridors, and around tourist attractions and hotels.

The attraction of Hastings as a tourist destination continues ; although the number of hotels has decreased, it caters for wider tastes, being home to internationally-based cultural and sporting events, such as chess and running.

During the 20th century many of the islands were developed as tourist resorts for Glaswegians who went " Doon the Watter ", in parallel to mainland resorts such as Largs and Troon.

) Similar rules apply to mosques in Malaysia, where larger mosques that are also tourist attractions ( such as the Masjid Negara ) provide robes and headscarves for visitors who are deemed inappropriately attired.

Segregation of US tourist accommodation would legally be ended by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and by a court ruling in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States affirming that Congress ' powers over interstate commerce extend to regulation of local incidents ( such as racial discrimination in a motel serving interstate travellers ) which might substantially and harmfully affect that commerce.

A 1940 American Magazine article attributed to J. Edgar Hoover denounced the tourist courts as bases of operation for gangs of desperadoes, claiming that " a large number of roadside cottage groups appear to be not tourist camps but assignation camps " and alleging that " marijuana sellers have been found around such places.

A tourist in the cities in southern France is unlikely to hear a single Occitan word spoken on the street ( or, for that matter, in a home ), and is likely to only find the occasional vestige, such as street signs ( and, of those, most will have French equivalents more prominently displayed ), to remind them of the traditional language of the area.

Similarly one may refer to a cultural center such as Venice as a " tourist Mecca.

In recent years, there has also been addition of artificial islands, often created by Arab states such as UAE for commercial reasons or as tourist resorts.

Monuments and museums such as the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum are amongst the world's 50 most visited tourist destinations ( the Vatican Museums receiving 4. 2 million tourists and the Colosseum receiving 4 million tourists every year ).

Shanghai is a popular tourist destination renowned for its historical landmarks such as The Bund, City God Temple and Yuyuan Garden, as well as the extensive and growing Lujiazui skyline.

Therefore, like a circle, a tour represents a journey in that it is a round-trip, i. e., the act of leaving and then returning to the original starting point, and therefore, one who takes such a journey can be called a tourist.

Large numbers travelling to quiet fishing villages such as Worthing, Brighton, Morecambe and Scarborough began turning them into major tourist centres, and people like Thomas Cook saw tourism and even overseas travel as viable businesses.