tourist attraction
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tourist attractions
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Its chief tourist attraction is the Darvaza gas crater, in the Karakum desert: a smelly, burning hole in the ground also known as the Gate to Hell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
He spotted her on the street, near Barneys on Madison Avenue, said something about her blue eyes, and directed her to his nearby townhouse as if he was pointing out a tourist attraction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
"The visits of US military men 50-60 years ago introduced Pattaya to the world and turned it into a tourist attraction," says Mayor Poramase.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Parton also won a Liseberg Applause Award, the biggest prize in the theme park industry, for her fabled tourist attraction Dollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
So we ended up going to the ancient palace at Abomey, instead, which was the only tourist attraction for hundreds of miles around.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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