A tourist destination is a city, town, or other area that is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from tourism

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...

. It may contain one or more tourist attractions and possibly some "tourist traps."

These tourist destinations are represented in the United States by Convention and Visitor Bureaus (CVB's), which are paid by bed taxes to market the destinations to travelers.

In Australia, most destinations are found on the official government tourism website - http://www.australia.com.