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have you visited the eiffel tower have
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you climbed mount kilimanjaro
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have you laid on the beach in the
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maldives have you gambled in las vegas
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have you traveled to watch a world cup
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football match have you thrown tomatoes
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at las tomatinas festival
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if you answered yes to any of those then
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you have visited a tourist attraction
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tourist attractions are a key component
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of the travel and tourism industry
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they're one of the reasons we travel
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it's one of the major things we do as
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part of our holidays tourist attractions
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are super important and they come in
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various different shapes and sizes so
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today in this video i am going to tell
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you all about the different types of
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tourist attractions with a few examples
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thrown in so that you understand more
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about the tourism industry and the
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different types of tourist attractions
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that there are so let's start off by
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explaining
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what is a tourist attraction a tourist
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attraction is essentially a place of
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interest to tourists this is also often
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referred to as a visitor attraction a
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tourist attraction will usually have
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value to the tourist in one of the
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following areas historical significance
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cultural value political significance
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nature
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natural or built beauty leisure
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amusement and fun tourist attractions
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are a great way to attract tourists to
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build your tourism industry now in some
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places these might be there already it
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could be the beach or the mountain or
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some ancient ruins but in some cases
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some destinations have strategically
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placed tourist attractions in an area to
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build up the tourism industry in that
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particular locality a fantastic example
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of this is in vietnam in vietnam they
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built the most incredible bridge
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if you're on instagram you've probably
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seen it it's known as the golden bridge
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and many people now travel to that
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particular area just to visit this
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famous bridge but not only is there a
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bridge there's also a huge theme park
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there's literally in the clouds it's
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just awesome it's just an absolutely
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awesome idea it's created so many jobs
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it's created so much money and it's it's
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up in the mountains in a place where
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there was nothing so tourist attractions
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can if managed well and sustainably be a
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fantastic way for governments and for
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tourism destination organizations to
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boost the tourism industry or maybe just
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start one from scratch so what is the
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role of tourist attractions well
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predominantly tourist attractions are
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there to provide tourists with
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entertainment of some form people could
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be entertained through
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theme park rides or shows or they could
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be entertained through education by
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learning about the history of the area
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for example maybe through a museum they
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could be there to facilitate special
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events and recreation as well so what
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are the major types of tourist
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attractions we can split this into four
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major categories there are natural
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attractions man-made attractions
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sporting attractions and events and i'm
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going to explain what all of these mean
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with some examples to you right now
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natural attractions are attractions that
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are
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natural
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they're not built by people a natural
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attraction is
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an attraction that is naturally
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occurring a person or people have not
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made it so some people get a little bit
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confused with this for example many
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cities have botanical gardens yes
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the flowers and the plants inside are
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natural but they have been placed there
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by a man so that does not count as a
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natural attraction a natural attraction
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is actually something that is natural
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let me give you some examples a national
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park is an area that is designated as
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protected
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by the state so it will have lots of
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natural areas not made by man completely
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natural that are not allowed to be
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developed on lots of people choose to go
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on holidays to national parks they will
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do things like rock climbing cycling
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kayaking walking hiking those sorts of
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things in the united kingdom we have 15
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national parks and some of the most
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popular examples include dartmoor the
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brecon beacons the lake district and the
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new forest another example of a natural
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attraction is a beach beach tourism is
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popular around the world but especially
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with people who come from colder
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climates who travel as an outbound
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tourist to another destination to go and
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enjoy the warmer weather and lie on the
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beach there are lots of different types
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of beaches there are secluded quiet
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beaches i never forget the time i went
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to the galapagos and i had to hike for
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45 minutes to a beach but it was the
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most beautiful beach i have ever seen
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and it was so special other beaches are
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very very busy in fact during the peak
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season many beaches suffer from over
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tourism i've experienced this in many
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parts of the world turkey and spain are
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two places that come to mind these
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beaches are super busy because of all
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the amenities and the accommodation
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surrounding them so there may be lots of
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high-rise hotels and people can
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literally just come out of their hotel
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and go straight onto the beach and if
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there's lots of people staying there
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there's probably going to be lots of
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people on the beach another example of a
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natural tourist attraction is a cave
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caves are so exciting to go and visit
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and there are so many different caves
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all around the world caves are
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essentially a natural void in the ground
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some are big and some are small some of
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them have water inside too which is
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especially common in mexico and they are
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known as cenotes you can go diving and
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swimming on boat trips they're pretty
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cool cliffs are another popular type of
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natural tourist attraction a cliff is
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essentially a land edge where the land
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juts out above the sea and lots of
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people choose to travel to cliffs to
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enjoy the scenery they might take a
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picnic or go for a walk my favorite
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cliff i visited was cape point in south
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africa the scenery was just so beautiful
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and it was so peaceful mountains are
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especially popular for people who want
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to visit a natural tourist attraction
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there are lots of things we can do at
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mountains we can stay in a log cabin we
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can go hiking we can climb the mountain
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we can go skiing there are a wide array
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of options for people who love mountains
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usually mountains will come in ranges so
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there'll be lots of mountains but
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sometimes they can be lonesome so for
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example you have the himalayas that's
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found across nepal and india and around
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that region which is a range of
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mountains and then you've got mount
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kilimanjaro which i climbed super proud
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of that which is a lonesome mountain
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found in tanzania in kenya lots of
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people also choose to visit hills as
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their choice of natural tourist
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attraction there are lots of things you
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can do in hills hiking bike riding those
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kinds of things go for a picnic and some
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popular hills include the chocolate
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hills in the philippines and glastonbury
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tour in the uk another popular natural
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attraction is a waterfall i love
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waterfalls there's something so peaceful
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about visiting a waterfall even when
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they're the really powerful angry type
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many people choose to visit waterfalls
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to look at them and to see how beautiful
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they are or maybe they are going on a
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boat trip maybe they're going on the
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rapids or something like that there are
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lots of famous waterfalls around the
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world and also lots of not so famous
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ones too victoria falls is the biggest
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waterfall in the world and it's
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definitely on my bucket list and another
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example of a popular natural attraction
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is an island there are islands all over
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the world tends to be the tropical ones
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that are often the most popular with
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tourists
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i wonder what
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islands are
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small bits of land really and usually
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they have lots of coastal areas so often
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that will provide lots of opportunities
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for beach tourism leisure tourism etc my
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favorite islands in the world are the
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gili islands now you may never have
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heard of these but you should absolutely
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put them on your list of places to go
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they're just spectacular they're off the
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coast of bali really easy to get to on a
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boat and there are three of them super
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quiet one of them is a party island so
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if that's your thing full of backpackers
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drinking all night they're so beautiful
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you can go swimming with turtles right
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off the beach there's no motorized
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transport just horse and car and it is
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just the most one of the most special
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places i've ever been another popular
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natural tourist attraction is a forest
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there are forests all over the world
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some are warm some are cold some are in
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between sometimes people will go just
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for a walk in the forest some people
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might go and stay in a traditional log
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cabin or there are also some resort
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areas that have been set up especially
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in forests so in the uk a famous example
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is center parks and centre parks is
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known for giving you that forest life
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during your stay and they have lots of
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different activities and things for you
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to do
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while you are in the forest and the next
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type of tourist attraction is the
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purpose-built tourist attraction also
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known as a man-made tourist attraction
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now the title was pretty
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self-explanatory a purpose built or a
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man-made attraction is one that has been
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built on purpose by ma'am and there are
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lots and lots of examples of
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purpose-built attractions all around the
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world one example is an entertainment
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park so this is a place that is built
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with lots of entertainment so for
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example for those of you who are not
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familiar i am based in china you can
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learn all about life in china by
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following me on instagram and we
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recently visited an entertainment park
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called sembo they love entertainment
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parks here in china and it's literally a
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place that has swimming with waterslides
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and things there are arcades there are
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activities outside climbing activities
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and sort of go ape type things there are
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big soft plays loads and loads of things
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to do but it's all in a confined area
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known as an entertainment park there are
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also wildlife attractions so these are
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ones that have been built so zoos farms
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and those places that offer you
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experiences with animals so for example
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it's very controversial and i personally
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wouldn't recommend it because i think
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it's not ethical but it is quite popular
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to go to a place called tiger temple in
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thailand in chiang mai there are other
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organizations like this around the world
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as well but this is a particularly
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famous one you go into tiger temple and
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you can see tigers and experience tigers
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aquariums are also an example of
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wildlife tourist attractions now using
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wildlife as a means of entertaining
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tourists is pretty controversial and
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there are a lot of people and myself
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included that
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wouldn't suggest that we do that because
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it's often not very kind on the animals
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however there are also sanctuaries so
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for example we visited a sloth sanctuary
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in costa rica we visited an elephant
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sanctuary in thailand and these are
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there to help the animals and to often
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rehabilitate them after they have been
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through traumatic experiences however
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that might be and they actually rely on
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tourist revenue to be able to to feed
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these animals and to take care of them
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so some wildlife tourist attractions are
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better than others and if you're going
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to go and visit one i recommend you do
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your research and visit the ethical ones
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rather than the unethical ones another
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example of a built tourist attraction is
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a museum or an art gallery there are
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museums all over the world some are big
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some are small they come in lots of
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different shapes and sizes fun fact jeju
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an island off of south korea has more
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sex museums than anywhere else in the
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world
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who knew my favorite museum that i
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visited was the war remnants museum in
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vietnam this was just so insightful for
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me i knew very little about the
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vietnamese war and i learned a lot
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during that trip and
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it was quite haunting some of the things
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that i learned so there are lots of
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different types of museums they might be
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a form of dark tourism like a war museum
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or they could be a bit more fun like a
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sex museum
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there are also a wide variety of unique
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built tourist attractions so remember
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anything that is built by a person or a
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machine is a built tourist attraction
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here in china they love glass bridges
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there are glass bridges in rural
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mountainous areas all over the place in
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costa rica they've built zip lining
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through the trees in the jungles so much
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fun and in many places around the world
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they have things such as car racing
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where you can hire a super expensive car
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to go around a track a few times that's
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another example of a built or a man-made
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tourist attraction we then have
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historical or cultural attractions now
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these tourist attractions were not built
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for tourists but they were built by
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people these are often temples mosques
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castles ancient buildings things like
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this a lot of them are now unused and
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visited by tourists some of them are
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used and visited by tourists too
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particularly religious buildings i've
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visited many historical and cultural
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tourist attractions around the world and
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i love it one of my favorites has to be
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the pyramids of giza if you haven't been
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yet put it on that bucket list because
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it is
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awesome and the next category of tourist
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attractions are sporting attractions now
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lots of people don't really think about
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sports to be an attraction but in actual
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fact it is and it brings in big business
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there are three main types of sports
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tourist attractions these are spectating
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events participating in sports and
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stadium tours there are so many
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different sporting events that take
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place around the world every year
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whether it's the football world cup
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boxing tournaments the olympics the six
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nations rugby there are so many
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different types of sporting events and
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naturally people will want to travel to
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go and spectate and watch these events
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that generates with it a huge amount of
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tourism and when we go to watch an event
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as tourists we do so much more than just
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sitting in a stadium and watching we go
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for dinner we buy drinks we spend money
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on our flight on our hotel so the whole
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area benefits from the tourism because
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of that event and many people travel to
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participate in sporting events too maybe
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you are thinking about going to portugal
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to learn to surf or perhaps you're going
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to bali to do a yoga course there are
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lots of different options around the
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world where we can travel and be
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tourists and also learn or practice some
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kind of sport at the same time and the
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third type of sporting tourist
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attraction is a stadium itself and there
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are lots of stadiums around the world
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where you can go for a tour as a tourist
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so you could go around the barcelona
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olympic stadium for example you can look
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around manchester united stadium you can
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visit the melbourne cricket ground there
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are loads of places where you can do
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this all around the world and the last
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major type of tourist attraction is a
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special event now events might be
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permanent structures there might not
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really be physical structures at all
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they might be annual events ad hoc
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events there are all sorts of events but
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these are actually a type of tourist
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attraction in their own right one
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example of an event is a market lots of
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tourists love to visit markets whether
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it's a fruit and vegetable market in the
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gambia or a fake goods market in
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shanghai where you can buy some really
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good knockoffs there are lots of
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different types of markets all around
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the world we also have festivals and
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parades many people will travel as
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tourists to go to a festival or a parade
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there are so many different types of
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festivals around the world from the rio
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carnival to the harbin ice and snow
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festival to holly festival in india
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these are all major events that attract
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many tourists to come to that area and
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many people will also travel to visit
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exhibitions there are lots of different
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types of expeditions some are permanent
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some are temporary found around the
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world examples include the tate modern
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itb festival in berlin the tutankhamun
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exhibition in egypt all of these are
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examples of exhibitions around the world
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that many tourists will go to visit and
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we also have entertainment venues so
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many tourists will travel to go to an
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entertainment venue to be entertained
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examples of this include the sydney
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opera house in australia hollywood bowl
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in the usa paradiso in the netherlands
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and harper concert hall in iceland
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i hope that in this video not only have
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i taught you a bit more about the
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different types of tourist attractions
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around the world but also i might have
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given you a bit of inspiration on some
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amazing tourist attractions that you
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might want to visit if you have enjoyed
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