Sentences with phrase «as a tourist attraction»

The apartment was close to many bars and restaurants as well as tourist attractions.

This boom in the local economy led to the construction of large Victorian houses, some of which still stand today and serve as tourist attractions.

It lists some exceptions, too, such as tourist attractions and merchants located inside hotels.

He then donated the home to the town, to be used as a tourist attraction / café.

The pretty island began to develop as a tourist attraction.

I have found over the years on going on stadium tours that the vast majority of people on the tour tend to be from overseas as such tours are seen as a tourist attraction.

The modern trail, he explained, mostly existed as a tourist attraction.

We want to support the production of salt by making this tradition known as a tourist attraction and show our visitors the process and explain.

Although the mine was closed in 1945, the railway has continued its operation as a tourist attraction.

The list of towns with beaches as tourist attractions and off the beaten track paths for the exotic loving minds.

Bali Kuta Resort enjoys a prime location that allows easy access to shopping and entertainment venues as well as tourist attractions in Kuta, Legian and Seminyak area.

Although initially designed for commuter purposes, the railway began operating as a tourist attraction as early as 1936 and today is used solely for this purpose, transporting tourists through the spectacular rainforest to the tropical village of Kuranda every day of the year except Christmas Day.

They were opened as a tourist attraction in 1965 after being used for decades as a hideaway and even a home to some of Africa's early indigenous folk.

But Krytiuk hopes the growing wave of interest doesn't leave too plain a mark on Cuba's cultural heritage, which he describes as a tourist attraction of its own.

City planners are even pondering a temporary Chicago - style shoreline ferris wheel as a tourist attraction — all in an effort to continue to grow this community's «fun factor» says Montemayor.

At the same time, further operation of the railway line as a tourist attraction will be ensured.

This mansion exists today as a tourist attraction, contains 160 rooms, with no rhyme or reason, and features stairways not to heaven, but to nowhere.

The central village of Ubud, in the hilly region of Gianyar, has also blossomed as a tourist attraction and is now considered as the artistic and cultural center of Bali.

It re-opened as a tourist attraction in 1954, completing its transformation from a fully - industrial railway to popular tourist attraction.

This is an area steeped in history with many of the old vaults beneath the buildings of the old town open now as tourist attractions.

Originally founded as a way to protest highway blockage limiting visitors to the area, it has been kept alive as a tourist attraction.

The Turtle Hospital in Marathon doubles as a tourist attraction and sanctuary, where vets care for wounded sea turtles and educators give hourly tours of their 53 patients, including one young turtle named Irma after the storm washed it onshore when it was just a hatchling.

If a religious edifice has value as a tourist attraction, its party supervisor formulates guidelines as to when it is to be open to the public for sightseeing and when it can be used for religious purposes.

My Greek friends are tired of Greece's being used, whether as a tourist attraction or as a military pawn.

The old Colonial House and underground cellar — a Chilean National Monument - have been repaired and opened again as a tourist attraction and is one of the only working wineries in the world located within the limits of the capitol city.

He builds a cabin, wooden ladders and wooden bridges, and begins to promote the site as a tourist attraction with guided tours of the ancient caves.

«The 10,000 members who joined the party in the immediate aftermath of election disaster are the type of people who donate money to save mangy bears tethered to stakes in castle moats as a tourist attraction.

Nevertheless, IDA Chairman Henry Sloma said the marketing plan was the basis for the board's conclusion that the project should qualify as a tourist attraction.

While generally used as tourist attraction because it travels at much greater depths than divers can reach, the Curasub is also used for scientific marine research.

That doesn't necessarily diminish Palm Valley's draw as a tourist attraction, though.

Right here, we're using one of their favorite hideouts as a tourist attraction.

His brother, a lousy cowboy but a savvy businessman, leads the change from the Old West as reality to the Old West as tourist attraction, and the contrast and conflict mingled with family ties carries through the film — Sam Peckinpah's bittersweet and nostalgic but also rousingly entertaining reverie on the passing of an age.

Obviously, this is an allusion to Rick's profession, a notable somebody in the world's largest manufacturer of celluloid dreams, all more or less tied to a sprawling city known for its proliferation of psychics and mediums as both tourist attractions or acceptable lifestyle conditions.

Although Ōkunoshima has a dark history of being Japan's secret chemical weapons production site during World War II, it has been reborn as a tourist attraction thanks to its huge population of wild rabbits.

Emphasising Ream's importance as a tourist attraction in its current form will help to ensure its future and can also provide valuable income replacement strategies for the communities that depend upon it.

Palm Cove is perfectly positioned in the centre between Cairns and Port Douglas making it the best location to holiday as all tourist attractions are easily accessible north or south and to the west.

A special Goa exhibition area will also be created to feature festivals, beaches, nightlife, heritage trails, meetings, medical tourism, MICE (meetings, incentives, conferencing and exhibitions), monsoon tourism and others that play crucial role as tourist attractions in Goa.

Other filming on the island included rescuing a crocodile from a resort swimming pool, relocating two crocodiles from the WASA Lagoon where illegal feeding of the animals as a tourist attraction is still in practice, and accessing the health of crocodiles living in the San Pedro sewage ponds by collecting scute samples that will be tested for toxicity.

The malls along the Hotel Zone could almost be classified as tourist attractions; they all try to outdo each other with events and entertainment!

The Aldabra Giant Tortoise would be better off roaming freely over La Digue island than to spend a bleak life as tourist attraction in a small, muddy enclosure at the L'Union Estate.

For example Sydney's tourist attractions include the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera house, whilst Cairns in tropical north Queensland boasts the Great Barrier Reef as a tourist attraction.

Radisson Medan is also close to major shopping malls and golf courses, as well as tourist attractions including the Great Mosque, the Sultan's Palace and historical buildings.

The development of Belize as a tourist attraction is sluggish, but just the patchy infrastructure makes the charm of this country from.

Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark can trace its history back to 1985 when the Marble Arch Caves were opened as a tourist attraction by Fermanagh District Council.

During your stay at the Alfa Penedés Hotel do not miss interesting traditional festivities all the year round, as well as tourist attractions like Iberian ruins Olérdola and the Romanesque Churches of the region.

Thanks to railway enthusiasts, the line was reopened as a tourist attraction in 1997, and is now run entirely by volunteers.

In 1960 he took over Newby Hall from his father, and his business experience was to prove useful as he sought to develop house and gardens as a tourist attraction.

With much of the trail following the shoulders of busy highways, Edmund Aunger says the trail is dangerous and should not be promoted as a tourist attraction.