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A
tourist
destination
is
a
city,
town,
or
other
area
that
is
significantly
dependent
on
revenues
from
tourism,
or
"a
country,
state,
region,
city,
or
town
which
is
marketed
or
markets
itself
as
a
place
for
tourists
to
visit".[13]
It
may
contain
one
or
more
tourist
attractions
and
possibly
some
"tourist
traps".
Sonamarg
,Kashmir,
for
example
,is
a
famous
tourist
destination
in
India.
Fátima
town,
for
example,
is
a
popular
tourist
destination
in
Portugal.
Siem
Reap
town
is
a
popular
tourist
destination
in
Cambodia,
mainly
owing
to
its
proximity
to
the
Angkor
temples.
The
Loire
valley,
the
third
tourist
destination
in
France,
is
a
good
example
of
a
region
marketed
and
branded
as
a
place
for
tourists
to
visit,
mainly
known
for
its
Châteaux
of
the
Loire
valley.
A
tropical
island
resort
is
an
island
or
archipelago
that
depends
on
tourism
as
its
source
of
revenue.
The
Bahamas
in
the
Caribbean,
Bali
in
Indonesia,
Phuket
in
Thailand,
Hawaii
in
the
United
States,
Fiji
in
the
Pacific,
and
Santorini
and
Ibiza
in
the
Mediterranean
are
examples
of
popular
island
resorts.
France,
the
United
States,
and
Spain
were
the
three
most
popular
international
destinations
in
2017.
The
total
number
of
international
travelers
arriving
in
those
countries
was
about
234
million,[14]
contributing
8.9%,
7.7%,
and
14.9%,
respectively,
to
the
total
GDP
of
those
countries.[15]
Although
some
years
back,
Africa
was
lean
on
tourism,
the
continent
is
currently
regarded
as
the
second
fastest
growing
tourism
region
with
over
67
million
tourists
visits
to
Africa
in
2018.
Ethiopia,
with
a
growth
rate
of
48.6%
in
2018,
is
at
the
top
of
the
list
of
African
tourist
centers.[16]
Other
tourist
locations
in
Africa
include
Cape
Town,
South
Africa,
Giza
Necropolis,
Egypt,
The
Maasai
Mara
National
Reserve,
Kenya,
Victoria
Falls,
Zimbabwe
and
Zambia.[17]
From
the
tourism
industry
supply
perspective,
a
destination
is
usually
defined
by
a
geo-political
boundary,
and
destination
marketing
is
most
commonly
funded
by
governments.
From
the
traveler
perspective,
a
destination
might
be
perceived
quite
differently.[
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