Text A Tourist Attractions and Entertainment
Major tourist attractions include large cities, seashore areas in warm climates and ski resorts. For most people, almost any place can become a tourist destination as long as it is different from the place where the traveler usually lives. New York may not be a tourist attraction to a New Yorker, but for a Londoner it may have many charms.
In addition to being major business centers, the large cities offer scenic attractions and cultural entertainment for all kinds of people with a variety of tastes. Cultural events occur frequently, including theatrical and operatic performances, concerts, ballet, and art exhibition, to name just a few. At the opposite end of the scale, there is a great variety of nightlife in urban centers to choose from, and there is also a wide selection of restaurants. Shopping is an attraction for many visitors, whether in the great department stores of New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong or in the boutique of Paris and London. Many big cities also offer a unique atmosphere and history. The Great Wall and the Palace Museum of Beijing and the flower vendors and cable cars of San Francisco are part of the unusual atmosphere of those cities.
The large cities of course do not have a monopoly on architectural or historical monuments. Smaller towns and rural areas throughout the world have attractions of this kind that tourists visit. Excellent examples are the valley of the Loire River in France with its chateaux from the Renaissance period, and the village of Zhou Zhuang in Jiangsu of china, a small country town crowned as “the Venice of the Orient Natural scenery has always been an attraction for tourists.
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