Language Points | Comprehension Questions
Text A    Tourist Attractions and Entertainment
       Natural scenery has always been an attraction for tourists. Millions of people have visited Niagara Falls, for example. Its reputation as a place for a honeymoon is world –famous. The United States has institutionalized, so to speak, the wonders of nature, in its National Park system. Areas such as Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon have been set aside for the enjoyment of the public. The hardier species of tourist will travel further and undergo discomfort and difficulty just to look at beautiful or unusual scenery in the remote corners of the world-a glimpse of Mount Everest, for example, or of the Angel Falls in Venezuela.
      Shopping has been made a tourist magnet by government policy in some places. Free ports are established where buyers can purchase goods from all over the world without paying customs duties. Hong Kong is perhaps the most famous example. Hong Kong is of course a large city and commercial center, but its principal draw for tourists has been the bargains offered in its shops. Holiday resorts usually attract tourists because of their sunny beaches, snow-covered ski slopes, or championship golf courses. At the ski resorts, it is often an atmosphere of informality around a roaring fire after the day’s skiing is finished. At a more cosmopolitan resort like Miami Beach, it may be nightclubs and stage shows. Many of the resorts give instruction in scuba diving combined with visits to coral reefs .
  
 
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