tourist attractions

plural noun

: things tourists usually like to see or do
Buses take visitors to all the city's best tourist attractions.

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They were brought back through crocodile farms, which marketed the animals as tourist attractions and sought to profit from their skins for the luxury leather trade. Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 To determine which destinations inspire the most happiness, JustCover analyzed more than one million online reviews of tourist attractions, resorts, national parks, scenic areas, and other points of interest across 155 vacation destinations. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026 As the Timber Fire continued to grow Wednesday, surpassing 3,500 acres and with only 5% contained, many tourist attractions along the Big Sur coast remained under evacuation orders or were closed to the public. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, the travel review website Tripadvisor named the Biltmore Estate one of the nation’s best tourist attractions. Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tourist attractions

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“Tourist attractions.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist%20attractions. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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