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Destination featuresWhat makes a destination popular? Basically, it depends on what it has to offer a tourist; tourists have a wide variety of needs to meet.For this section we will be looking at the following destination features

Natural attractions Built attractions Purpose-built attractions

These are the features which contribute massively to a destination’s popularity.

Activity 1Look at the images below, label each images as either, natural, built or purpose built.

Attraction Natural, built or purpose built.

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Activity 2All of the attractions in Activity 1 are found in Wales, there are similar destination features found in other UK destinations.See if you can produce a similar table of attractions in one other UK popular tourist destination. You might like to carry out your research with a classmate. Use the Internet to help you, make notes and save images as you research.

Activity 3Prepare a PowerPoint presentation on a tourist destination of your choice from your notes in activity 2 describing the range of destination features found there. Present your findings to the rest of your class.