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Geiranger

Geiranger is home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the world, and has been named the best travel destination in Scandinavia by Lonely Planet.

Mumbai Harbour

The Gateway of India with its jetty for Elephanta is the most important tourist destination, followed by the INS Vikrant maritime Museum.

Nyanga, Zimbabwe

Nyanga is primarily a tourist town and is a popular tourist destination with its fishing, golf courses, mountain hikes and holiday resorts.


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Awamaki

Awamaki is located in the town of Ollantaytambo, which is between Cusco, the Incan capital city and tourist mecca, and Machu Picchu, a U.N. World Heritage site and tourist destination.

Barvaux-sur-Ourthe

With a traditional farming history going back hundreds of years, after World War II it became a vibrant tourist destination, often visited in conjunction with Durbuy, the "so called" smallest city in the world.

Bela Crkva, Banat

Bela Crkva lakes at the outskirts of the town are a popular summer tourist destination.

Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium

The tower is an important tourist destination offering a panorama of Berlin, Spandau, the Havel Valley, Potsdam, Nauen and Hennigsdorf.

Bodeguita del medio

It is a famous tourist destination because of the personalities which have patronized it: Salvador Allende, the poet Pablo Neruda, the writer Ernest Hemingway, the artist Josignacio and many others.

Braselton, Georgia

In 1989 actress and Georgia native Kim Basinger bought the town for $20 million, intending to turn it into a tourist destination.

California State University, Monterey Bay

Students also enjoy going into downtown Monterey, which is a popular tourist destination, being home to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row and Old Fisherman's Wharf.

Contadora Island

A popular tourist destination, Contadora has a small regional/domestic airport (IATA code: OTD), and has regular flights to and from Panama City and the rest of the islands in the archipelago.

European Public Information Centre

"A glimpse of Germany" 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall: a photography exhibition presenting post-communist Germany as a tourist destination

Fort Henry

Fort Henry, Ontario (1837) in Kingston, Ontario, a limestone redoubt and connected fortified battery, built to protect the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard and the entrance to the Rideau Canal — now a popular tourist destination

Gandaki Zone

Since the first trekker came to the Annapurna Sanctuary in 1957, the natural and cultural features of ACAP have made it the most popular tourist destination in Nepal, drawing more than 60 per cent of the country's total trekkers.

Gerardo Ablaza

As the leader of a public-private partnership, he is responsible for overseeing the financial and operational growth within Manila Water’s service areas in the Metro Manila East Zone and in its expansion areas in the industrially advanced province of Laguna, the top tourist destination, Boracay, the budding international gateway, Clark Airbase, and the province of Cebu.

Global Blue

Global Refund moved headquarters from Kungsbacka, near Gothenburg in Sweden, to Nyon, in the Lake Geneva area, in 2001 for a more central position in Europe to manage its business then gone global but with a strong merchant customer base in European tourist destination countries.

Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park

Another major tourist destination is Yolyn Am, a mountain valley that contains a large ice field through most of the year.

History of Molde

The Kaiser referred to the city as "The Nice of the North", which gave a tremendous boost to the city's desirability as a tourist destination.

Already a popular tourist destination of international fame in the second half of the 19th century, Molde saw notabilities such as the German emperor Wilhelm II of Germany and the Prince of Wales as regular summer visitors.

Icém

The nearby valley of the Grande river is a popular tourist destination, because of its natural beauty, abundant waterways and the many available leisure activities.

Ishigaki Airport

The airport served about 1.8 million passengers a year, making it the second busiest third-class airport in Japan, behind Kobe Airport, and traffic grew steadily as the Yaeyama Islands become a popular tourist destination.

John Andrew Mara

Today Mara Lake Provincial Park on Mara Lake is now a popular tourist destination during the summer months.

Lixouri

In the 19th century Lixouri was a popular tourist destination; Richard Strauss visited the town.

Lusaka–Livingstone road

The Lusaka–Livingstone Road or Livingstone Road is the main highway of the Southern Province of Zambia from the capital, Lusaka, to the principal tourist destination, Livingstone, Southern Africa.

Mafeteng

Mafeteng has little tourism although travelers occasionally stop at the Buy N Take en route to the Van Rooyen's Gate border crossing at Wepener or Malealea Lodge, a tourist destination in Mafeteng District.

Maienfeld

It is a tourist destination in the Alps, both because of the local wine and because it was the setting of the story Heidi.

Manakula Vinayagar Temple

Dedicated to the god Ganesa, it is a popular pilgrimage site and tourist destination in Puducherry.

Marquette, Iowa

Today the city is a tourist destination, most notable for the being home to an Isle of Capri riverboat casino and international award winning wines produced by Eagles Landing Winery.

Nea Poteidaia

Another important tourist destination is the church of the Taxiarches founded in 1591.

Norwegian Trekking Association

It also has several "honorary members", prominent people who has shown a keen interest in Norwegian nature and given the country publicity as a tourist destination, among them Kofi Annan and Katie Melua.

Pointe du Raz

Although it is not quite the westernmost extent of France (that would be Pointe de Corsen, just to the north), its rocky isolation makes it a popular tourist destination, (comparable in some ways to Land's End in the southern UK).

Port Douglas AFC

Port Douglas is a popular tourist destination and is close to both the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree National Park rainforest.

Qingpu District, Shanghai

Among the tourist areas is the waterside town Zhujiajiao, a major tourist destination in the Shanghai region.

Seč Dam

It supplies cities of Pardubice and Chrudim and is also an important tourist destination located in protected area Železné hory.

Sfaka

Recently, Sfaka has been considered a tourist destination for its port, Mochlos.

Shottery

Shottery was the childhood home of Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare's wife, and is the location of the building known as Anne Hathaway's Cottage which is a very popular tourist destination.

Sikhuphe International Airport

It is part of King Mswati III's $1bn millennium project investment initiative to enhance Swaziland's position as a tourist destination, serving as a tourism gateway to Swaziland's game parks, Victoria Falls, Maputo, the Kruger National Park and KwaZulu-Natal game reserves.

Sogwangsa

During the Japanese occupation, the temple, known under its Japanized name as Shakuō-ji, became a popular tourist destination on the Seoul-Wonsan railway.

Taboga Island

It is a tourist destination, about 20 km from Panama City, Panama.

Tourism in Buenos Aires

The southern area of the city, (including barrios such as Barracas and Parque Patricios) while traditionally not a top tourist destination, is historically the source for much of the city's early tango culture.

Traunsee

It is a popular tourist destination, and its attractions include Schloss Ort, a medieval castle.

Überetsch

It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen).

Wilseder Berg

Due to its position in the middle of the nature reserve Lüneburg Heath it is a popular tourist destination, especially in the period when the heather is in flower.

Zhuolu County

Among the historic, scenic, or tourist destination spots, there are several associated with Huang di (the Yellow Emperor) and his rival Chi You.