Our biggest tourist attraction is Cypress Gardens. They recently redid it, so there are small roller coasters and concerts. But some of the park is still the same, which I'm grateful for. I've got some good memories there from when I was younger.

Biggest attraction near me would probably be 'Longleat Safari Park'. I try to go most years, but we always make sure we go before the schools break up.

treble99 I went to East Africa in 1971 for a holiday and went on a safari for a couple of days. When I returned home to Southampton I took a day trip to Longleat to see some lions as I hadn't seen any in Africa.

Sue. That makes me want to laugh and grin!

I'm so jelous Sue, I've always wanted to go on a real safari...but have only just got over my fear of flying. And thats the good thing about Longleat you should be able to see them, as they don't have miles and miles to hide in :P

When I moved from Newcastle to London, years ago, I had a bed-sit in a house owned by a very nice Ghanaian family. They were delightful people, with a young family, and I got on really well with them. They told me that it was fascinating to be able to visit London Zoo where they could see animals such as lions and elephants, which they'd never seen before!

I have a large Koala Park about 500 metres from me.

It is most often inhabited by Japanese tourists (as well as Koalas, I guess!)

The nearest attraction for me is the Cutty Sark boat in Greenwich, London.

I live in Carson City, the capital of Nevada. About 40 miles North, is Reno, and 15 miles West, Lake Tahoe.

I live in Scotland, enough said.

Five minutes drive from where we live we have 'Wet & Wild' water park, 'Movie World' and 'DreamWorld'.
Twenty minutes drive takes us to 'Sea World' and Surfers Paradise beach, all are major tourist attractions.

Not including the city of Chicago, which is about half an hour away from my town, I'd say the two biggest attractions in my hometown of Schaumburg, IL, are:

1) Woodfield Mall. This is one of the largest malls in the US. I think if you go by pure retail space and not stuff like roller coasters (looking at you, Mall of America), it's the biggest in the country. They bus people here from other states just to shop. Makes this place pure hell during the holidays.

2) The National Amateur Dodgeball Tournament is held in Schaumburg, IL. I've never been to it, but I'd sure like to watch it sometime.

I live about 5 miles from the "hallowed turf" of Manchester United FC - but as I am not a football fan, I would prefer the Imperial War Museum North (also about 5 miles away) and the Lowry Centre on the other side of the Manchester Ship Canal. The Centre has a great exhibition of L S Lowry's paintings ("matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs").

Jerusalem.. many sites but the crown would be 'Har HaBayit' ..the Temple Mount. Today El Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock are on this site and the Wailing/Western Wall is on the edge of it. According to tradition this is Har Moriah, the place where Abraham took up Isaac. Sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity. A place for awe, prayer and tears and joy.

How jealous I am of you polly! I'd love to love that close to Old Trafford, unfortunately for me it's a 4 hour drive away. Still one day maybe I'll get to move a bit closer

I'd have to say mine would be the Cape Breton Highlands. Beautiful sights. I love my home

The pyramids

The Henry Doorly Zoo. Great place.

This is a popular spot : Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge

and these are some other angles:

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We have an amusement park called Cedar Point that draws coaster enthusiasts from all over the world. I can see the tops of some of them from my front porch as I'm only 1/2 mile off Lake Erie.For you football fans, it has the beach where Knute Rockne perfected the forward pass. He worked there during summers. We also have some good nature reserves and, of course, lots of touristy water parks. My city,Sandusky, has a population of 27,000, but in the summer the traffic is more like Chicago from all the out-of-towners. We bitch a lot,but the tourist industry is a mainstay because it brings hundreds of thousands here and they all evidently have a lot more money to spend than I do!

Table Mountain,wine route tours, game parks(the big 5) the Overberg region with all it's fruit farms and warm,beatifull people!

I live about 6 miles from Birmingham City Centre (England's 'second city'). Great for shopping and I also enjoy visiting the Art/History Museum. I'm not far from a place called Clent Hills which is great if you enjoy walks and great scenery like i do Also only about 15 miles or so from West Midlands Safari Park.. unfortunately never been as not got a car. I'll get there one day!

I live in the boyne valley in co. meath Ireland which is full of tourist things. the biggest one would be Newgrange, its one of the two world heritage sites in the republic. Its a tomb. Its part of our heritage but apart from that I don't see what the big deal with it is.

I'm in NYC, so there's lots of 'em. The closest would be SOtheby's, which is around the corner, but that's more of an elite-artsy-collector's stop. Next closest would be Central Park, Museum Mile, etc. Down by my school is Ground Zero, the ferry to theStatue of Liberty and Ellis Island, and historical stuff. I can see the Empire Sate Building from my Spanish classroom. Ther's also Century 21 a couple blocks away, which always seems to be packed with tourists.
TImes Square (which I stay away from unless I'm seeing a show) is also a huge attraction, but it's not very pleasant. I heard there's a whole store just for Hershey Kisses though

I'm in Louisville, Ky so we've got Churchill Downs of course. Also, not far from here is Red River Gorge, when of the neatest geological attractions you'll find in North America. The Mammoth Cave system is also not too far south from me, the longest in the U.S. I believe.