On the south coast Antibes, Cannes and Nice are applying the idea to tourist spots.

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This summer, editors at the site named the five "germiest" tourist spots in the world.

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Business at hotels and restaurants boomed, and tourist spots throughout China logged record numbers of visitors.

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Hit up tourist spots for other shopping options: Any science museum worth its entrance fee has an intriguing gift shop these days.

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Police have linked Muslim extremists to 200 gun and bomb attacks in the past year, some against gangsters but others against police, moderate Muslim clerics and popular tourist spots.

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Seeing a sharp increase in the number of travelers from South Korea, the prefecture invited 22 travel agencies from the neighboring country to show them around tourist spots and golf courses.

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If you go to New York City, there are the usual tourist spots: Times Square, Central Park and the Empire State Building, but if you want something a little different, head north to the South Bronx.

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Getting attention in bars and at tourist spots, the theory goes, would build up the street cred so crucial among a precious wireless demographic--young professionals in their late 20s and early 30s with a high gadget-lust quotient and cash to spend.

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Located close to tourist hot spots Ipanema and Leblon, it is the largest favela in the city with an estimated 250, 000 residents living in the vertiginous, tight wall of brick and concrete housing that covers the entire hillside.

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