Nowadays Valkenburg is especially known for its touristic character.

In 1928 president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo authorized the creation of a casino, securing the future and the touristic character of the city.

As Sardinia's second most populated city, and the fifth largest municipality in Italy ( 546 km² ), it has a considerable amount of cultural, touristic, commercial and political importance in the island.

Nowadays, many pleasure and fishing boats are still there, but it is not as economically vital than the other more modern ports, although its touristic and aesthetic charm almost makes the old port the official emblem of the city.

The Futuroscope theme park and research park project, built in 1986 – 1987 in nearby Chasseneuil-du-Poitou after an idea from René Monory, established the city as a touristic destination and opened it to the era of information technology.

The belfry mechanically animated statues, which illustrate events from the civil and religious history of the city every day at noon, are a popular touristic attraction.

In touristic towns ( like Amsterdam's city centre ) supermarkets are allowed to be open on Sundays between 07: 00h and 22: 00h.

Besides its industry-based economy, recently the city has been promoted as a touristic destination in central Mexico by state and federal programs.

Also, the existence of many historical and natural touristic places and events lead the fact that tourism has become a leading component of the economic growth of the city in recent years.

Other touristic destinations are the ruins of the iron-age civilization of Ayla in the city of Aqaba, which was also the site of the historic Battle of Aqaba, a World War I battle, led by Lawrence of Arabia.

Cali contains a well preserved historical center, the most important zone is La plaza de Caicedo, considered the center of the city, which is a square surrounded by many historical and modern buildings like El edificio Otero, La Catedral and El Palacio de Justicia ; This plaza is close to other touristic places, like The Saint Francis church ( in Spanish, Iglesia de San Francisco ), the municipal theater and La Merced church.

Sainte-Anne is a city in the southern part of Grande-Terre, considered by some to be one of the most touristic towns of Guadeloupe ( with Le Gosier and Saint-François ).

Its English name causeway is sometimes confused with " Coastway ", name of a touristic zone in Panama city.

Nowadays, the city is a popular touristic destination.

Itamonte is a touristic city in the Serra da Mantiqueira mountains.

According the Mexican Government, Escuinapa will have near 500, 000 inhabitants in 2025 for the mega touristic center that are building near the town, and will be finished in 2025 ; with this information we can know Escuinapa de Hidalgo will be the second or third city more important in Sinaloa, also will be between the second and fourth place according population by municipality, maybe over Ahome and behind Mazatlán.

Although the city has some touristic potential, the lack of investiments on this area makes its growth to be very small. Its most famous beaches are Cavaleiros and Pecado.

Although the event is more directed to the city inhabitants, it's a touristic event and July might be the best time to visit Amparo.

Eldorado is one of 29 cities in São Paulo considered to be a purely touristic city, by the state's laws.

It is a touristic city, founded on July 16, 1696, and retains the characteristics of a baroque city, with its churches, buildings and museums.

This beautiful city, with beautiful landscapes, located in the mountains of the region of the same name has a lot of touristic attractions, which make it a popular destination in Peru.

The Alster Touristik GmbH ( ATG ), a subsidiary of the Hamburger Hochbahn, provides public and touristic transport on the Alster in the city of Hamburg.

The Butantan Institute is one of the major touristic and educational attractions in a vast park area in the city section of Butantã in São Paulo.

The beach sector of Esmoriz City is a common touristic go-to place in Portugal, and in a certain area also harbours the most luxurious houses in the city.

The Vanoise National Park in the Alps was the first French national park, created in 1963 after public mobilization against a touristic project.

The Anina-Oravita railway was the first in Romania, built in 1856, it is still in use today for touristic purposes, and it is one of the most beautiful railways in Europe due to very picturesque landscapes, viaducts and long tunnels.

The Port of Pescara over the years has become one of the most important touristic ports of Italy and the Adriatic Sea, over 60 years suffered ' a major restoration and was born like a modern marina which has moorings and facilities to shipbuilding ' vanguard.

Also, a touristic route that goes from Chapultepec Park to the Historic Center along Reforma was established by a double deck bus called Turibus.

There was little subsequent development, and San Gimignano remained preserved in its medieval state until the 19th century, when its status as a touristic and artistic resort began to be recognised.

* The Kicking Horse Pass, through which the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway was built ; from the eastern end of this pass is the gate of Banff National Park, with the famous touristic town of Banff as its centre.

In May 2007 a proposal of architect Lorenzo Castro was made to remodel Caldas Park by expanding the pedestrian zone around the park, and in April 2009 the first phase of the work in the park began, in preparation for the celebration of Easter, a touristic time for Popayán.

Another important step in the touristic development of the area was given in the first half of the 20th century in neighbouring Estoril, in which a casino was built and the infrastructure for luxury vacations was created around Monte Estoril.

Colégio de São Jerónimo, today an ancient building in the oldest campus of the University of Coimbra ( the monumental and touristic Pólo I ), was the former building of the Coimbra University Hospitals until the 1980s.

Factories were built, and touristic importance grew when a thermal bath was opened.

In April 1998 this fact was recognized as Holambra gained the status of Estância Turística, touristic location.

In 1997 / 98, the winter hub of Air Berlin was established at Nuremberg Airport making it the second most important touristic interchange airport of the airline, next to Palma de Mallorca.

Over the next years, it was extended north to Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts as a new connection to touristic and skiing destinations in the Laurentides including in Saint-Sauveur, Sainte-Adèle, Mont-Gabriel and Estérel.

It had a resident artist and for more than 2 decades it was home to several permanent independent traders, long-term tenants of St Martins's Property Corporation selling souvenirs, touristic apparel and jewellery from traditional barrows positioned in fixed locations in the Galleria, On 8th October 2010 on the orders of CBRE the Managing Agents the barrows were removed.

The superhighway was first opened in the mid to late-1970s when tourism arrived, it first opened within Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, it later extended to the Telde as well as the airport and the subdivision area along with the industrial area and in the 1990s, extended to the touristic part of the island and finally near Arguineguin.

He quickly became the house act at a resort in the nearby touristic community of Las Terrazas, and in 1999, Montañez signed with European record label Lusafrica after being discovered by one of their directors that was staying at the resort.

Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, from the centre of Paris, Versailles is in the 21st century a wealthy suburb of Paris with a service based economy and a major touristic destination as well.

It is the most renowned building of the Andalusian Islamic historical legacy with its many cultural attractions that make Granada a popular destination among the touristic cities of Spain.

Since then, touristic activities on the island have developed considerably, with real estate prices reaching very high levels.

The Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft – the Lake Zurich Navigation Company – provides with its 17 passenger ships touristic services on Lake Zurich.

These include: the Centre d ' Observació de l ' Univers ( Centre for Observing the Universe ), or PAM, of Montsec, which is an ambitious project that combines research, education and diffusion within the field of cultural and scientific tourism ; the establishment of the Tren dels Llacs ( Lakes Train ), a touristic railway that connects the provincial capital to the Pre-Pyrenees ; the creation of new exhibition spaces ( including the Museum of Lleida, the Paper Dresses Museum of Mollerussa and the Skiing Museum of the Val d ' Aran ); the organisation of routes to help discover the natural, cultural and monumental treasures of Lleida ( with the Castles of Sió Route, the Pyrenean Counties and Nostalgic Pallars Route, the Wine Route of Les Garrigues, and the Literary Routes of Pallars, etc.

Towards the end of the British period, in parallel with socio-economic developments, and in order to meet the changing needs of the population, new residential districts were built, incorporating new housing, commercial, touristic and recreational areas.

Switzerland as a whole, often presents the latter from a touristic standpoint with documentation easily available in French or German.

Olinda features a number of major touristic attractions, such as a historic downtown area ( World Heritage Site ), churches, and the Carnival of Olinda, a popular street party, very similar to traditional Portuguese carnivals, with the addition of African influenced dances.

* Since July 2007, a touristic sight of the citadel has been open to the public – with a sound -, video-and light-animated trail in the moats and the big underpass of the citadel.

The present rich touristic offering of Pag, which-along with the impressive landscape-stone lace in the sea-make Pag and the Pag Bay an exquisite tourist resort.

The island has one airport, the Zakynthos International Airport, " Dionysios Solomos " ( on former GR-35 ) connects flights with other Greek airports and numerous touristic charters.

Many touristic attractions have been created to leverage on that reputation: a Bamboo Theme Park / Daenamugol, a Bamboo Museum, a Bamboo Festival, a park filled with green bamboo ( Juknokwon-죽녹원 )...

CODOFIL is empowered " to do any and all things necessary to accomplish the development, utilization, and preservation of the French language as found in the State of Louisiana for the cultural, economic, and touristic benefit of the State .” The state authorized CODOFIL to cooperate with and advise other state agencies, as well as to receive donations and grants from individuals, corporations, and governments.

The idea has recently been revived by the Chilean government and is meeting with heavy public resistance due to the touristic value the geyser field represents.

The beaches of Brittany are rarely able to offer warm waters on par with those of their southern cousins ; however local factors have ensured that Carnac continues to be a touristic boom town.

However, in summer the population may increase to 25, 000, with a peak af 35, 000 between 15 July-15 August due to touristic activity.

Every year in conjunction with the Chilean Navy they join in the Patrulla Antártica Naval Combinada () to guarantee safety to all touristic and scientific ships that are in transit within the Antarctic Peninsula where the Navy is also directly responsible of maintaining the Argentine bases there.

The touristic building is adorned with designs that reflect the Malaysian Islamic culture.

Catamarca is also the touristic centre of the province, with its colonial architecture, and serves as a hub to many touristic points and excursions, hiking, mountain-bike tours, horse riding, and wine tasting.