Tourist attraction

A point of interest is an important natural monument, a cultural monument or something otherwise attractive, spectacular, or prominent, which is often included in tourist programs. Often these are also objects that already knows the traveler through the media ( magazines, television, travel novels, etc.) and he wants to experience their own. Some sights also have landmark character for a country, a region or a city.

Alternative operators in particular alternative city breaks criticize the term. For he suggests that it is " worthy of seeing" are a few spectacular, prominent sites - while the everyday life did not belong in the rule. ( They are at least as important for the understanding. ) From a critical perspective tourism is emphasized that objects are not intrinsically worth seeing, but that sights are appointed by culture to such instances.

The target group determines whether something is worth seeing for them. Typical Area attractions include historic buildings and structures, and special certificates of contemporary history (eg, the Berlin Wall). Natural monuments can be lakes, vegetation zones or mountains.