The following lists of tourist attractions include
tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
Types
Places of natural ...
List of amusement parks
This page provides links to lists of amusement parks by region (below), and alphabetically beginning with the name of the park (right).
By region
; Africa
; America
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as th ...
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List of aquaria
This is a list of aquaria ( public aquariums). For dolphinariums, see List of dolphinariums. For zoos, see List of zoos. For a list of defunct zoos and aquariums, see List of former zoos and aquariums.
Aquariums are facilities where animals ...
List of heritage railways
This list of heritage railways includes heritage railways sorted by country, state, or region. A heritage railway is a preserved or tourist railroad which is run as a tourist attraction, is usually but not always run by volunteers, and often seeks ...
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List of memorials
This is a list of articles that are lists of monuments and memorials.
Africa
Kenya
* List of sites and monuments in Kenya
Morocco
* List of sites and monuments in Morocco
Sierra Leone
* List of National Monuments of Sierra Leone
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List of museums
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List of most visited art museums in the world
This article lists the most-visited art museums in the world in 2021. The primary source is '' The Art Newspaper'' annual survey of the number of visitors to major art museums in 2021, published 28 March 2022.
Total attendance in the top one h ...
Tourist trap
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Tall buildings and structures
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List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
The world's tallest human-made structure is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (of the United Arab Emirates). The building gained the official title of " tallest building in the world" and the tallest self-supported structure at its opening on Januar ...
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List of tallest buildings in the world
This list of tallest buildings includes skyscrapers with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least . Nonbuilding structure, Non-building structures, such as towers, are not included in this list (for these, see ''List of tallest ...
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List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
This is a list of tallest freestanding structures in the world past and present. To be freestanding a structure must not be supported by guy wires, the sea or other types of support. It therefore does not include guyed masts, partially guyed t ...
List of tallest towers in the world
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
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Observation deck
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List of attractions in Sydney
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People
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Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
List of World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan
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List of landmarks in Beijing
There are many landmarks in Beijing. The best-known ones include the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall of China, the Temple of Heaven, the Tian'anmen and the Forbidden City, a number of temples, hutongs and parks, relics of ages gone by.
Build ...
List of tourist attractions in Denmark
This list of tourist attractions in Denmark presents the 50 most visited tourist attractions in Denmark according to the annual survey published by VisitDenmark, the Danish national tourist organisation. Visitor numbers are from 2013.
Scope
Not ...
List of tourist attractions in Paris
Paris, the capital of France, has an annual 30 million foreign visitors, and so is one of the most visited cities in the world. Paris' sights include monuments and architecture, such as its Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower and neo-classic Haussm ...
Georgia
Germany
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List of sights in Berlin
Berlin grew out of the historical city centre, the Nikolai quarter and its adjacent town of Cölln, both situated along the River Spree. It expanded its territories with areas such as Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichstadt. The creation of Greater ...
List of museums in Germany
This is a list of museums and galleries in Germany.
Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria Augsburg
* Augsburg Puppet Theater museum
* Augsburg Railway Park
* Fuggerei museum
* German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame
Bayreuth
* Kunstmuseum Bayreuth
Eichst� ...
List of World Heritage Sites in Hungary
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India
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Tourism in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu has the largest tourism industry in India with a percentage share of 21.31% and 21.86% of domestic and foreign tourist visits in the country. According to the 2020 Ministry of Tourism report, the number of domestic arrivals was at ...
List of tourist attractions in Delhi
Government buildings
* Sansad Bhavan or the Parliament of India is a circular building designed by the British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker in 1912–1913. Construction began in 1921, and in 1927 the building was opened ...
Tourism in Karnataka
Karnataka, the sixth largest state in India, has been ranked as the third most popular state in the country for tourism in 2014.
It is home to 507 of the 3600 centrally protected monuments in India, the largest number after Uttar Pradesh.
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Tourist attractions in Mysore
Mysore was the previous capital city in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the headquarters of the Mysore district and Mysore division and lies about southwest of Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka. The city covers an area of and is ...
Tourism in Jharkhand
Tourism in Jharkhand refers to tourism in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Jharkhand. Jharkhand is known for its waterfalls, hills and holy places.
Pilgrim places
Parasnath, Baidyanath Temple, Baidyanath Dham, Chhinnamas ...
Tourism in Ladakh
Tourism is one of an economic contributor to the union territory of Ladakh in Northern India. The union territory is sandwiched between the Karakoram mountain range to the north and the Himalayas to the south and is situated at the height of ...
Tourism in Indonesia
Tourism in Indonesia is an important component of the Indonesian economy as well as a significant source of its foreign exchange revenues. Indonesia was ranked at 20th in the world tourist Industry in 2017, also ranked as the ninth-fastest gr ...
Zagros Paleolithic Museum
Zagros Paleolithic Museum ({{Lang-fa, موزه پارینهسنگی زاگرس) is a museum in Kermanshah, Iran, established in 2008. The museum contains a large collection of stone tools and animal fossil bones from various Paleolithic sites i ...
List of Israeli museums
Below is an incomplete list of Israeli museums, some of which are located in East Jerusalem.
References
External links
Israel's official national museum portal{{in lang, en
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National parks and nature reserves of Israel
National parks of Israel are declared historic sites or nature reserves, which are mostly operated and maintained by the National Nature and Parks Authority. As of 2015, Israel maintains 81 national parks and more than 400 nature reserves, m ...
Japan's Top 100 Castles
The castle
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List of national parks of Japan
and in Japan are places of scenic beauty designated for protection and sustainable usage by the Minister of the Environment under the of 1957. National Parks are designated and in principle managed by the Ministry of the Environment. Quasi-N ...
World Heritage Sites in Japan
Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992. As of July 2021, twenty-five properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List: twenty cultural sites and five natural sites. A further five sites and one site extens ...
Tourism in Lebanon
The tourism industry in Lebanon has been important to the local economy historically and to this day comprises a major source of revenue for the country. Before the Lebanese Civil War, Beirut was widely regarded as "''The Paris of the Middle E ...
Tourist attractions in Madagascar
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Mount Everest
Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow ...
, the highest mountain peak in the world, is located. Mountaineering and other types of
adventure tourism
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and
ecotourism
Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving responsible travel (using sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people. Its purpose may be to educate the traveler, to provide fund ...
are important attractions for visitors. The world heritage site
Lumbini
Lumbinī ( ne, लुम्बिनी, IPA=ˈlumbini , "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. It is the place where, according to Buddhist tradition, Queen Mahamayadevi gave birt ...
, birthplace of Gautama Buddha, is located in southern Nepal, and there are other important religious pilgrimage sites throughout the country.
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Tourism in Nepal
Tourism is the largest industry in Nepal and its largest source of foreign exchange and revenue. Possessing eight of the ten highest mountains in the world, Nepal is a hot spot destination for mountaineers, rock climbers and people seeking adventu ...
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...
List of tourist attractions in Pyongyang
There are many tourist attractions in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Many are unique as remnants of communist iconography and monumentalist and brutalist architecture. Tourists are not allowed to move freely and the authorities control w ...
List of botanical gardens in Pakistan
A botanical garden is a place where plants, especially ferns, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research and education. This distinguishes them from parks and pleasure gardens where plants, usually with ...
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List of bridges in Pakistan
This is a list of bridges in Pakistan. Bridges of historical and architectural interest
Major bridges
Alphabetical list
This is a list of road flyovers, road overpasses, road and railway bridges in Pakistan.
* Abdullahpur Flyover, road f ...
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List of cathedrals in Pakistan
This is the list of cathedrals in Pakistan sorted by denomination.
Roman Catholic
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan:
* Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Faisalabad
* St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Hyderabad in Hyderabad
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List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
This page shows the Province-wise list of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan According to the International Commission on Large Dams73 dams and reservoirsin Pakistan are over in height. Tarbela Dam is the largest earth-filled dam in the worl ...
List of festivals in Pakistan
This is the list of festivals in Pakistan.
By region
* Shandur Polo Festival
* Festivals in Lahore
* Festivals in Multan
*Punjabi festivals (Pakistan)
Islamic
Public holidays in Pakistan
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List of forts in Pakistan
The following is a partial list of forts and castles in Pakistan:
See also
* Tourism in Pakistan
* List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Pakistan
* List of museums in Pakistan
* Lahore Fort
* Rohtas Fort
* Noor Mahal
* Derawar Fort
Re ...
List of hydroelectric power stations in Pakistan
This is a list of hydroelectric power stations in Pakistan as per NEPRA Report 2023.
In service
Under construction
Proposed
See also
*List of barrages and headworks in Pakistan
*List of power stations in Pakistan
References
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List of mausolea and shrines in Pakistan
Pakistan has a number of shrines that have become places of pilgrimage. They include mausolea and shrines of political leaders (of both pre-independence and post-independence Pakistan), shrines of religious leaders and pirs (saints) and shrines ...
List of museums in Pakistan
This is a list of museums, galleries, and related building structures in Pakistan.
Museums and galleries
Archaeological and historical museums
* Harappa Museum, Harappa
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List of mountain passes in Pakistan
The following is a list of mountain passes in Pakistan:
List of famous Passes
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List of valleys in Pakistan
Following is an alphabetically arranged list of valleys in Pakistan. A large part of Pakistan is within the broad Indus valley.
Azad Kashmir
* Bagh Valley
* Bandala Valley
* Banjosa Valley
* Bhana Valley
* Jhelum Valley
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List of waterfalls of Pakistan
Following is the province-wise list of waterfalls in Pakistan ( ur, ).
Azad Kashmir
* Kashmir Waterfalls - Neelum Valley
* Jamgar Waterfalls - Neelum Valley
* Kohala Waterfall - Bagh District
* Dhani Waterfall - Muzaffarabad District
* Pati ...
Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan
Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan, a administered territory of Pakistan, focuses on the mountains.
Geography
Gilgit-Baltistan borders Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province to the west, a small portion of the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to ...
Tourism in Poland
Poland is a part of the global tourism market with constantly increasing number of visitors. Tourism in Poland contributes to the country's overall economy. The most popular cities are Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Poznań, Szczeci ...
Christ the King
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Many Christian denominations consider the kingly office of Christ to be one of ...
Marinha Beach
Praia da Marinha (in English: ''Navy Beach'' or ''Marinha Beach'') is one of the most emblematic beaches of Portugal with a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, located on the Atlantic coast in Caramujeira, part of the Lagoa Municipality, A ...
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Lagoa, Algarve
Lagoa () is a city and municipality in the district of Faro, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 22,975, in an area of 88.25 km². Its urban population, in the city of Lagoa proper, is 6,100 i ...
Landmarks of Saint Petersburg The appearance of Saint Petersburg includes long, straight boulevards, vast spaces, gardens and parks, decorative wrought-iron fences, monuments and decorative sculptures. The Neva River itself, together with its many canals and their granite emban ...
Singapore
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List of tourist attractions in Singapore
Popular tourist attractions in Singapore include the following:
Beaches and bays
* East Coast Park
* Marina Bay
* Palawan Beach
* Siloso Beach
* Changi Beach
Cultural centres
* China Cultural Centre
Educational centres
* Scie ...
List of museums in Taiwan
This is a list of museums in Taiwan, including cultural centers and arts centres.
Kaohsiung City
* Chung Li-he Museum
* Cijin Shell Museum
* Fongshan Community Culture Museum
* Former British Consulate at Takao
* Hamasen Museum of Taiwan ...
List of tourist attractions in Taiwan
Popular tourist attractions in Taiwan include the following:
Attractions Historical buildings
* Beihai Tunnel, Beigan ()
* Beihai Tunnel, Nangan ()
* Daxi Wude Hall ()
* Ete ...
List of national parks of Thailand
National parks in Thailand ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติ) are defined as ''an area that contains natural resources of ecological importance or unique beauty, or flora and fauna of special importance''. Thailand's protected ar ...
Landmark
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In modern use, the term can also be applied to smaller structures or f ...