| Edinburgh and Glasgow were yesterday celebrating after being named Britain's top tourist cities for the second year running. |
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| Elliott hopes that the ice house will be preserved as some kind of heritage and tourist attraction. |
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| A Japanese tourist is photographing it enthusiastically, first from close up then at a distance. |
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| I am puzzled by all those who think that a closing time of midnight will spoil the tourist trade in Thailand. |
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| Mont Blanc is the biggest natural tourist attraction in Europe, pulling in easily catered-for coachloads all year round. |
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| It would be a huge boost to the already booming tourist industry along the county coastline. |
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| Now it's the sultriest cocktail lounge in town, drawing a crowd of designer-clad babes and boys and the odd tourist who looks confused. |
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| High in the Alps is a monument raised in honour of a faithful guide who perished while ascending a peak to rescue a stranded tourist. |
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| Special performances, exhibitions, lectures, contests, charity events, tourist visits and creative meetings will mark the celebration. |
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| Thom Yorke is awesome. Not for being in Radiohead, but for photobombing this tourist in France. |
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| Some bodies had become tourist attractions as inquisitive locals came to view the fate of their former rulers. |
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| As inflamed Guatemalans see it, foreign investors will fatten up on tourist dollars while locals will be stuck cleaning hotel rooms. |
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| One thing the Malians have in mind is help in developing their infant tourist industry. |
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| York has also the tourist network to deal with the massive influx in numbers crowding the city's hotels. |
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| The Kununurra tourist office says Lake Argyle is properly classifiable as an inland sea, rather than a mere lake. |
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| There will be celebrations, fiestas and carnivals-a-plenty at this concert, led by Trans-Global tourist guide Alisdair Malloy. |
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| They will provide air connectivity to secondary cities and potential industrial and tourist destinations. |
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| Organizers plan to continue the energy conservation and tourist promotion program for at least the next 51 weeks. |
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| The list of events, local and national, that have conspired against the tourist industry is shocking. |
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| Inbound tourist operators are the first to admit their jobs are the cream of the crop. |
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| Spanish is the first language, but English is widely spoken in the tourist trade. |
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| Next to the tourist sectors, the fisherfolk have been particularly badly hit. |
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| Two major contributors to the success of the tourist industry in recent years have been the US and Britain. |
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| Although far from isolated, it has generally avoided tourist inundation and retains a rich cultural identity. |
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| Unsuspecting tourists are often inveigled into these institutions by local tourist guides who are hand-in-glove with the anti-social elements. |
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| People associated with the tourist trade say that the tourist boom has fizzled out and occupancy rate has fallen to eight to ten per cent. |
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| Also card issuers generally apply a foreign exchange loading on top of tourist foreign exchange rates for converting the currency. |
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| Such commemoration is a worthwhile investment in terms of the extra tourist income that would be brought to London. |
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| A pocket book on tourism has been launched to coincide with the tourist season. |
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| At one point, I realise I am heading at right angles to the direction a tourist sign is pointing. |
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| For years, coral reefs and marine life have helped define the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as an international tourist destination. |
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| Police said seven tourist boats sail every day from Tungkang to the small island, which boasts coral reefs and rich marine life. |
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| Learn the key environmental issues facing this premier tourist destination from local guides and activists. |
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| But, until recently, impoverished Mozambique wasn't featured on too many tourist itineraries. |
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| A pint of stout, comforted by a cosy interior, is a temptation indeed for the thirsty tourist. |
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| It was the middle of the tourist season, but it still had a calming effect and gentleness compared with the city they had just left. |
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| I was the only tourist there, sharing the site with restoration workers moving fallen blocks back into position. |
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| The other factor niggling away at me was the fact that a year before a tourist had been killed by a flying rock the size of a bus! |
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| Wines produced on the shores of Lake Garda are often regarded as tourist fodder by lovers of serious Italian rossi. |
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| Someday, Georgia's combination of uncrowded nature, stunning scenery, and friendly folkways could benefit locals and tourist alike. |
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| The drastic drop in numbers visiting the countryside has meant a rise in tourist trade to some urban destinations. |
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| The arrival of autumn this year is coupled with the festival and tourist season and tourists have something to look forward to. |
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| I was forewarned however that the area was now over-run with tourist shops and restaurants. |
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| A number of other terms have been formed in the past two decades using tourism or tourist as one of the elements. |
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| On the next day, to celebrate, we'd take a trip out to one of the tourist tea rooms for the first cream tea of the year. |
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| He is the first local bridge inspector to be criminally charged with attacking a tourist. |
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| In 1997, five skydivers on a tourist flight from Auckland jumped from a plane, hoping to free-fall to Antarctica. |
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| These visits generate very positive publicity in a wide cross section of important tourist markets. |
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| Taxis are plentiful and can be found at major hotels as well as in main tourist areas or cruising the streets. |
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| He spoke pityingly, as if saving a bewildered tourist from a cultural faux pas. |
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| We read that what's on and where can be obtained from the tourist information centre. |
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| A regular clarion call is that the tourist industry provides jobs for Cumbrians and it does. |
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| Is it conceivable that the funicular will impact on Hayes's tourist traffic? |
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| She said these areas if developed and easily accessible would surpass in its attraction any known tourist spot in the state. |
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| There are many hotels, tourist and dak bungalows, railway retiring rooms, dharamsalas where one can stay. |
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| The rebranding comes in the wake of a precipitous drop in tourist arrivals to what was once Asia's most popular vacation destination. |
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| As a tourist destination it was overshadowed by the majesty of Niagara Falls which is a comfortable day trip from the city. |
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| We have so many tourist attractions that we had to put some underground to keep them secret, but still they flock to gawp at Gaping Gill. |
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| The fear of the virus has decimated the tourist trade to South East Asia, with Singapore bearing the brunt of the cancellations. |
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| How for example can we convince the town that putting deckchairs in regimented straight lines is not what the modern tourist wants? |
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| It's principally a high-altitude tourist resort and the prices can be as high as the mountains. |
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| No sponsor has offered prize money on tourist matches for several years so it is no wonder most sides only bother to put out their second team. |
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| Banff turned out to be a small and very attractive town geared to the tourist with numerous gift shops. |
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| If this goes ahead the tourist industry must be prohibited from increasing the holiday prices during the official school holiday periods. |
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| Located near the Railway Station, this famous tourist spot stands prominently against the skyline. |
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| But tourist operators at countryside and seaside destinations admitted they had suffered from the deluges of the past few weeks. |
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| Maybe the prospect of the landscape turning into a tourist facility will force a political change in the end. |
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| Sadly all these developments are taking place in areas that were previously protected from any tourist development projects. |
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| The village head deputes a guide to initiate the tourist in the delights of rustic living, like fishing and prawn culture. |
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| For its part, the tourist board shares examples of good practice with its commercial members. |
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| Anyway, an earlier poster asked about which countries are the most popular tourist destinations. |
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| In recent years, prisons have become popular tourist destinations in parts of Asia. |
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| The rivers have become popular tourist destinations, venues for nights out and day trips. |
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| The tourist season generally gathers pace for the four day meeting with visitors and local punters joining in the annual battle with bookies. |
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| Unless income can be generated from elsewhere, many tourist businesses will be devastated. |
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| More are needed to ensure that the York's tourist trade is not devastated by a spell of wet weather. |
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| Has she ever tried to rush through York, manoeuvre a pushchair, or wheel a bike through town during the tourist season? |
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| I am not a pushy tourist, or even American, for that matter, but I thought the man had some nerve. |
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| Prophets of doom are forever predicting the eclipse of Thailand as an international tourist destination. |
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| Time, grave robbers, and now heavy tourist traffic have not been kind to the tombs. |
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| Strikingly addressed are the hypocrisies and effacement within the tourist trade. |
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| Today, the eye of the hurricane came just south of Orlando, Florida, bringing high winds and very heavy rains to that tourist city. |
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| The island has seen a tourist boom in recent years, following the introduction of direct flights from Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. |
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| Unfortunately, sharing a liability with some other African tourist destinations, there is no direct flight to Khartoum. |
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| The move may help Thailand emerge as Asia's number two tourist destination. |
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| The place is so well known internationally, that it is almost becoming a point of interest to visit in a tourist guide. |
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| Only those tour guides who collude with black market tourist shops should be firmly fought against. |
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| They ended up lost, in a part of Dublin not promoted in the tourist guidebooks and one of them had a bright idea. |
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| Begin thought up the idea when a tour guide operator called him asking if he wanted to place an ad in a tourist guidebook. |
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| Our tourist guidebook had given little attention to the town and we now saw why. |
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| Redundant concrete gun emplacements vie with majestic mountains for the attention of tourist cameras. |
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| And as tourist numbers inevitably decline, where will all the workers currently employed in the entertainment sector go? |
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| Increased tourist flow may increase conflict with tigers and encroach on their habitat. |
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| There is clearly an encroachment into the tourist potential of Warrenpoint. |
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| What Shiang herself experiences in Paris, as an almost accidental tourist who doesn't speak French, is severe dislocation and even dissociation. |
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| Local police evacuated the sandy tourist beaches of Mombasa and elsewhere, and by the time the wave struck the shore was empty. |
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| Certainly any tourist looking at the performers list and site would be duly impressed. |
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| The long avoided move was made after strong criticism from German tourist operators, who insisted on price equalization. |
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| In the old basin, where ships were once unloaded by wind-burnt dockers, there are now cafes, shops, and a growing number of tourist attractions. |
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| This sets up the mutual exclusivity of the native expert and the ignorant tourist. |
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| Those who murdered tourists in Egypt were widely execrated and not just because they threatened to ruin the tourist industry. |
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| We cannot avoid thinking about the overlap between being a tourist and doing ethnography. |
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| Her letter calls for development to prevent dormitory towns and villages, promote affordable housing and protect tourist attractions. |
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| In that way the tourist will not be expropriating the thief of the camera because it doesn't belong to him in the first place. |
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| Soon they realized they were part of the show for any tourist within eyeshot. |
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| Try to avoid being there in the middle of the day, when tourist coaches arrive by the dozen. |
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| There may be a tourist tax, levied at a flat rate on hotels and boarding houses. |
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| A majority of these are based in France and represent French embassies and consulates as well as provide health information for travellers and tourist guides. |
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| The former was used more prevalently in English-language newspapers and tourist pamphlets, the latter for road signs and other government applications. |
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| Who originally came up with the idea of kidnapping garden gnomes and sending the owner photos of the gnome in front of tourist sites around the globe? |
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| Even the tourist literature has a tough job convincing visitors that there is more to this godforsaken place than the world's most famous golf course. |
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| Most towns have hotels and small, family-run pensioni, as well as tourist offices that provide detailed information about local room rates and availability. |
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| Bangalore has today many a globetrotter, foreign delegate, and tourist. |
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| Johnston makes no assumptions about who may have drugged her drink, as the crowd was mixed and she couldn't always tell who was a regular and who was a tourist. |
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| A tourist attraction to open in France will invite visitors to race a motorised gondola, crack a safe and save the world from destruction by defusing a nuclear bomb. |
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| Recent legislation has prevented tourist exploitation of this tropical paradise and no buildings taller than a coconut palm will in future receive planning permission. |
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| There's also a two-page fact file covering local tourist information. |
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| The weekend's fine weather was good news for Yorkshire's tourist industry and, of course, the baking heat sent many in search of ways to cool off. |
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| The research was conducted to provide information on demographical profiles and to measure the tourist and economic impact potential of arts festivals in South Africa. |
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| Just in case a passing tourist might suddenly decide to impulse buy a poker-worked Alpenstock, a set of cowbells in diminishing sizes, or a Heidi doll in dirndl and plaits. |
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| These were sold as tourist souvenirs in the local gift shops. |
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| In fact, the project launched in 2001, had prevailed upon the Tourism Department to shelve proposals to install incinerators for waste disposal in the tourist hot spot. |
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| The carrying capacity of a tourist destination should be given prime importance and small is beautiful should be the paradigm for eco-tourism projects. |
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| No tourist itinerary is complete without a visit to this paradise. |
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| Employers in the restaurant, bar and tourist trade have been particularly vocal in querying the provisions on tips, weekend premiums and service charges. |
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| Shopping centres that nudge the sky-scraping hotels nearly into the sea are neatly divided into designer-label chic and markets full of tourist tat. |
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| Traders in Livingstone have been urged to start dealing in gemstones to sell the precious stones to the many tourists who visit the tourist capital. |
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| He said inflatables, dinghies and other tourist craft had been the main reason for calls, although the lifeboat had also helped with a few boats who suffered engine trouble. |
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| Bulgaria is slowly gaining ground on the French tourist market as more travel operators feature the country as a destination in their holiday portfolios. |
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| It could well become a tourist attraction in itself, as the city residents get bored with amusement parks, discotheques, shopping malls and hotels with familiar decor. |
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| At the end of the time he was out of money but was befriended by the captain of a luxury tourist canal barge who offered him a two month job as a deckhand. |
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| In the tourist shops of Toraja heirlooms fetch high prices as objets d' art, and land too is sometimes sold for government projects or tourist developments. |
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| Based on projections of a future increase in tourist arrivals made by the provincial government, the idea to develop an integrated resort was launched. |
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| The new pier will extend 30 metres at an angle of 30 degrees to the existing pier and will provide much needed facilities for the fishing, island and tourist crafts. |
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| By virtue of its geographical location, the city is a point from where umpteen tourist spots remain at an equidistance and could be reached within a few hours or so. |
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| A duty-free shop, a convention hall, a hotel, a long-stay housing estate and a variety of other tourist and entertainment businesses would all be housed in the complex. |
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| They maintained that there would be no significant fall-out, and noted that the projections for the upcoming tourist season showed strong forward bookings. |
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| Over and over again he regales the reader with proof that snakes, spiders, crocodiles and creepy-crawlies have acquired a taste for tourist blood. |
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| The thirteenth-century Rocca Scaligera, with its elegant crenellations and swan-filled moat, is so photogenic that it might have been built by the local tourist board. |
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| In my opinion, your country has enormous potential to build and consolidate an outstanding position as a European and international tourist destination. |
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| There was a tourist observation deck nearby, outfitted with telescopes. |
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| It is mainly for its historical importance that the cemetery has now become a kind of a tourist destination and finds a mention in most travel books and regional guides. |
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| Management at The Riverside Hotel, Sligo remain vigilant in securing trade or group tour business and Irish custom has compensated any tourist loss. |
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| Demands for a picturesque and playable turf in place by tourist season make waiting for appropriate seasonal temperatures an unrealistic option for most turf managers. |
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| Morecambe, Lancaster and the North West will benefit in the long term from a full-blooded commitment to a rich array of leisure and tourist features on the central promenade. |
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| The tourist made a complaint to the police and, despite sympathy, the sentry was confined to barracks for ten days. |
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| The guards remain a fully functional part of royal defences though through the years they have become a tourist attraction. |
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| York railway station is the largest station in the county with 11 platforms and is a major tourist attraction in its own right. |
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| The wooden bridge is now a tourist attraction, and it has become traditional to play the game there using sticks gathered in nearby woodland. |
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| There is a life scale replica of the square in Bahria Town, Lahore, Pakistan where it is a tourist attraction and centre for local residents. |
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| The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley recreates life in the Black Country in the early 20th century, and is a popular tourist attraction. |
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| The contest is considered to be a unique opportunity for promoting the host country as a tourist destination. |
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| In 2011, Cardiff was ranked sixth in the world in National Geographic's alternative tourist destinations. |
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| Cardiff Castle is a major tourist attraction in the city and is situated in the heart of the city centre. |
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| Germany is well known for its diverse tourist routes, such as the Romantic Road, the Wine Route, the Castle Road, and the Avenue Road. |
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| Tintagel Castle is a popular tourist destination in Cornwall, with the castle associated with the legend of King Arthur since the 12th century. |
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| The popular tourist path from Glen Nevis skirts the side of this hill before ascending Ben Nevis's broad western flank. |
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| The city is now considered by Lonely Planet to be one of the world's top 10 tourist cities. |
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| We warily sipped the lemonade, knowingly flirting with the tourist stomach disorder known here as Moctezuma's revenge. |
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| After Braemar, it turns south, providing an alternative tourist route to Perth. |
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| The Rock is a popular tourist attraction, particularly among British tourists and residents in the southern coast of Spain. |
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| Guernsey, with its sandy beaches, cliff walks, seascapes and offshore islands has been a tourist destination since at least the Victorian days. |
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| On 27 June 2012 the Task Force, comprising tourist chiefs, local government spokesmen and trade unionists, met for the first time. |
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| The country's principal tourist destinations are in London, with the Tower of London being the single most visited attraction in the country. |
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| They want to maintain the city's status as a major tourist attraction. |
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| We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle. |
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| Each full-color city map features the latest updates on roads, public transit, airports, tourist sights and the city's most happening gayborhood. |
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| The North Sea coast of the United Kingdom has tourist destinations with beach resorts and golf courses. |
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| Many buildings are used for tourist accommodation which reduces the number available for local residents. |
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| Its heritage is a major asset that has for many years supported the island's tourist economy. |
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| The growth in tourist numbers continued into the age of the motor car, when railways began to be closed or run down. |
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| Cultural tourism is becoming an increasingly important part of the wider tourist industry. |
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| Pancras International with Lille, Paris, Brussels and European tourist destinations via the High Speed 1 rail link and the Channel Tunnel. |
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| Regent's Park contains London Zoo, the world's oldest scientific zoo, and is near the tourist attraction of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. |
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| The remains of these castles, some being English Heritage sites, are popular tourist destinations. |
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| Superb Roman remains, Georgian architecture and countless museums justify Bath's position as a tourist honeypot. |
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| It is a popular tourist destination for surfing and contains 5 Blue Flag beaches and Croaghaun one of the worlds highest sea cliffs. |
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| It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans. |
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| Two shops have, however, been opened in the village catering to the tourist market, one of which is the National Trust's own shop. |
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| Open top tourist and sightseeing buses are operated by Transdev York on behalf of City Sightseeing. |
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| National Geographic has listed the Norwegian fjords as the world's top tourist attraction. |
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| But during its lifetime, a single macaw left in the wild might yield more than 16 times as much in tourist income. |
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| The American tourist in Japan looks less for what is Japanese than for what is Japanesey. |
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| The popularity of The Beatles and other groups from the Merseybeat era contributes to Liverpool's status as a tourist destination. |
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| It has become a tourist attraction offering cruises that provide an overview of the river and surrounding areas. |
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| Color change in New England is the tourist time, when people come to see the leafage turn brilliant colors. |
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| Most of the city's landmarks and tourist attractions are related to its naval history. |
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| Established in 1905, they operated in the Maltese islands up to 2011 and became popular tourist attractions in their own right. |
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| Pakistan's tourist attractions range from the mangroves in the south, to the Himalayan hill stations. |
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| The terms tourism and tourist are sometimes used pejoratively, to imply a shallow interest in the cultures or locations visited. |
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| Today, the Cornish economy depends heavily on its tourist industry, which makes up around a quarter of the economy. |
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| Other tourist attractions include moorland, country gardens, museums, historic and prehistoric sites, and wooded valleys. |
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| Regarded as a British cultural icon, Hadrian's Wall is one of Britain's major ancient tourist attractions. |
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| The Baths are a major tourist attraction and, together with the Grand Pump Room, receive more than one million visitors a year. |
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| Today, the Tower of London is one of the country's most popular tourist attractions. |
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| The Tower of London has become established as one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. |
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| Rajasthan has many forts and palaces that are major tourist destinations in North India. |
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| They are not purely ceremonial, despite tourist perceptions to the contrary. |
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| Seeing a West End show is a common tourist activity in London. |
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| Liverpool and Merseyside are areas of high population and important industry along this coast, with tourist resorts of Southport and Blackpool being further to the north. |
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| Polish mountains are one of the tourist attractions of the country. |
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| Ashdown Forest in England where the Pooh stories are set is a popular tourist attraction, and includes the wooden Pooh Bridge where Pooh and Piglet invented Poohsticks. |
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| Like a great many other Nova Scotia towns that make provision for the tourist, Annapolis, the rare, the old, the memoryful, has pleasant stopping places of homely atmosphere. |
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| There have been a few setbacks in tourism, such as the September 11 attacks and terrorist threats to tourist destinations, such as in Bali and several European cities. |
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| Poland's main tourist offerings include outdoor activities such as skiing, sailing and mountain hiking, as well as agrotourism, sightseeing historical monuments. |
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| There is a tourist information centre located at Donegall Place. |
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| Many of Belfast's oldest buildings are found in the Cathedral Quarter area, which is currently undergoing redevelopment as the city's main cultural and tourist area. |
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| They may draw carriages at ceremonies, in parades or for tourist rides. |
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| Major infrastructure and tourist projects also began under Sir Tsang's second term, including the Ngong Ping Cable Car, Tian Tan Buddha and the West Kowloon Cultural District. |
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| Other tourist attractions include historic towns like Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge and Ely as well as areas such as Constable Country, the Broads and the North Norfolk coast. |
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| This will include overseas students with a visa to study at a recognised institution for 6 months or more, but not visitors on a tourist visa for example. |
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| Nowadays the canals are mainly used for leisure purposes, and canalside regeneration schemes such as Brindleyplace have turned the canals into tourist attractions. |
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| Arlington County is the top tourist destination in the state by domestic spending, followed by Fairfax County, Loudoun County, and Virginia Beach. |
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| It has been a tourist attraction since at least the Elizabethan period, when it was one of the sights of London that foreign visitors wrote about. |
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| Other operators run both commuter and tourist boat services in London. |
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| In particular, the sailing events at Portland had no direct motorway connections, and local roads are heavily congested by tourist traffic in the summer. |
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| Buxton, Matlock and Matlock Bath, Bakewell, Leek and the small towns of Ashbourne and Wirksworth, on the fringes of the Park, all offer a range of tourist amenities. |
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| London is one of the leading tourist destinations in the world and in 2015 was ranked as the most visited city in the world with over 65 million visits. |
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| Wells is a popular tourist destination, due to its historical sites, its proximity to Bath, Stonehenge and Glastonbury and its closeness to the Somerset coast. |
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| In 2006, two tourist information centres in the National Park were closed. |
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| This industrial heritage is an important tourist attraction, as is seen by the growth of museums in the Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, Broseley and Jackfield area. |
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| The unique economy of Vatican City is supported financially by the sale of postage stamps and tourist mementos, fees for admission to museums, and the sale of publications. |
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| The Anglesey Sea Zoo is a local tourist attraction, providing a look at and descriptions of local marine wildlife from common lobsters to congers. |
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| This became the first railway to be run entirely by volunteers and sparked a movement to preserve many railways, both narrow and standard gauge as tourist attractions. |
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| Several of the railways that used to carry the slates to the ports have been restored as tourist attractions, including the Ffestiniog Railway and the Talyllyn Railway. |
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