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Tourist gateway

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Tourist gateway

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 on 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 international or domestic airport, major road, railway station or seaport.[1]

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 destinations, may have developed a niche in their economy for the role or may have degrees of dependency on the tourist attraction or region for economic development. As such the focus of their tourism promotion is on their role in the provision of related services, such as transport, accommodation and hospitality. Sometimes these services can be in direct competition with those offered at the tourist attractions themselves.

Tourist gateways may also be associated with roadside attractions and tourist traps.

Often, tourist gateways are associated with a moniker such as "Gateway to the ..."; for example, Gateway to the West.

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  • Examples of tourist gateways 1
    • Americas 1.1
    • Australia 1.2
    • Europe 1.3
  • Notes 2

Examples of tourist gateways

Americas

Australia

Europe

Notes

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