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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”
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