Tourist gateway
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A tourist gateway (sometimes called a "Tourism Gateway" or "Gateway City") is a place or settlement through which tourists typically first visit on their way to a tourist attraction or tourism region.
Tourist gateways may not offer significant attractions themselves. Although the term suggests that they must be passed through en route, a gateway may not be the only way to reach the tourist destination. They may be the last, largest or only settlement en route to the tourist attraction or in a tourism region, the closest in proximity to, or the first encountered within a tourism region. As such, tourist gateways are often associated with a major
Sometimes the terms are used in the context of information, such as websites that tourist visit in order to find out more about attractions and regions.
Tourist gateways, unlike
Tourist gateways may also be associated with roadside attractions and tourist traps.
Often, tourist gateways are associated with a
Examples of tourist gateways
Americas
- Williams, Arizona – gateway to the Grand Canyon
- Iquitos, Peru – gateway to the Amazon rainforest
- Ushuaia, Argentina – gateway to Antarctica
- Green Bay and Algoma – gateways to Door County, Wisconsin
Australia
- Red Centre and Uluru
- Torquay, Victoria – gateway to the Great Ocean Road
- Stawell, Victoria – gateway to the Grampians National Park
- Karratha, Western Australia – gateway to the Pilbara
- Broome, Western Australia – gateway to the Kimberley
- Cairns, Queensland – gateway to the Great Barrier Reef
- Goldfields region of Victoria
- Bright, Victoria – gateway to the Australian Alps
- Devonport, Tasmania – gateway to Tasmania
Europe
References
- ^ "What is GATEWAY CITY?". Black's Law Dictionary. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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