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Tourist attractions

Of or relating to places, items, or actions that are popularly known for people to experience a certain history, culture, beauty, or amusement of an area. Examples are the Mona Lisa, The Great Wall of China, or taking a street car in San Francisco.

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Tourist attractions

staycation

Tourism & hospitality; Tourist attractions

Staycation (also written to stay at cation, or stacation staykation [blends Discuss]) is a neologism used to describe the period in which the individual or family stays and relaxes at home, or taking ...

The Eiffel Tower

Tourism & hospitality; Tourist attractions

The nickname La dame de fer, iron lady, puddle iron lattice tower is located in the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, both global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in ...

Adventure tourism

Tourism & hospitality; Tourist attractions

Recreational travel undertaken to remote or exotic destinations for the purpose of exploration or engaging in a variety of rugged activities.( http://www.travel-industry-dictionary.com/adventure-touri ...

Adventure tourism

Tourism & hospitality; Tourist attractions

Recreational travel undertaken to remote or exotic destinations for the purpose of exploration or engaging in a variety of rugged activities.( http://www.travel-industry-dictionary.com/adventure-touri ...

Paragliding

Tourism & hospitality; Tourist attractions

A sport in which a person jumps from a high place (such as a cliff or an airplane) and uses a special kind of parachute to float down to the ground.(http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/paraglidin ...

Mountaineering

Tourism & hospitality; Tourist attractions

Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed big ...

Bungee jumping

Tourism & hospitality; Tourist attractions

The sport of jumping usually head-first from a great height while attached to a secured bungee cord.(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bungee+jumping)

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