Editing Tourist attraction (section)

==Tourist destination==
[[File:Yosemite Road Guide, 1923 (16530984933).jpg|thumb|The [[Yosemite Park and Curry Company]] marketed [[Yosemite]] as a tourist destination for motorists after [[History_of_the_Yosemite_area#The_Automobile_Era|automobiles were legalized]] in the park.]]
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".<ref>{{cite book|last=Beirman|first=David|title=Restoring Tourism Destinations in Crisis: A Strategic Marketing Approach|year=2003|publisher=CABI Publishing|url=https://archive.org/details/restoringtourism0000beir|url-access=registration|quote=island.|isbn=9781865089119}}</ref> It may contain one or more tourist attractions and possibly some "tourist traps". [[Fátima, Portugal|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 Province|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,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-most-visited-countries-in-the-world.html|title=10 Most Visited Countries In The World|work=WorldAtlas|date=2018-01-25|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en}}</ref> contributing 8.9%, 7.7%, and 14.9%, respectively, to the total [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] of those countries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://knoema.com/atlas/topics/Tourism/Travel-and-Tourism-Total-Contribution-to-GDP/Contribution-of-travel-and-tourism-to-GDP-percent-of-GDP|title=Contribution of travel and tourism to GDP (% of GDP) by countries, 2017 - knoema.com|work=Knoema|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en-US}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Africa's tourism industry is now the second fastest growing in the world |url=https://qz.com/africa/1717902/africas-tourism-industry-is-second-fastest-growing-in-world/ |website=Quartz Africa|date=28 September 2019 }}</ref> Other tourist locations in Africa include [[Cape Town, South Africa]], [[Giza Necropolis]], [[Egypt]], The Maasai Mara National Reserve, [[Kenya]], [[Victoria Falls]], [[Zimbabwe]] and [[Zambia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=What are the Main Tourist Attractions in Africa? |url=https://africawanderlust.com/destinations/tourist-attractions-in-africa/ |website=Africa Wanderlust|date=14 December 2019 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pike|first1=Steven|last2=Page|first2=Stephen|title=Destination marketing organizations and destination marketing: A narrative analysis of the literature|journal=Tourism Management|date=2014|volume=41|pages=202–207|doi=10.1016/j.tourman.2013.09.009|url=https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63293/|hdl=2299/20103|s2cid=154532664 |hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Saraniemi|first1=S|last2=Kylanen|first2=M|title=Problemizing the concept of tourist destination: An analysis of different theoretical approaches.|journal=Journal of Travel Research|date=2011|volume=50|issue=2|page=133|doi=10.1177/0047287510362775|s2cid=155007461}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Pike|first1=Steven|title=Destination Marketing Essentials|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|location=Oxford|isbn=978-1-138-91290-8|edition=Second}}</ref>