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The choice of destination is often the first point that is decided when planning a holiday, e.g. one might want to visit a particular country, city or type of countryside.¹⁰³ As a rule, some attractions are attributed to the chosen destination, including sea and climate, landscape, city, cultural and historic memorials or amusement parks. In connection with such attractions, one typically finds hotels, holiday houses, camping sites, restaurants and shopping facilities. Summer tourism is mostly connected with beaches, cities and/or cultural monuments, cruising and amusement parks. Winter tourism has produced numerous skiing resorts mainly in North America and Western Europe, including lifts, ski schools, rental of skiing equipment, transportation, hotels, restaurants, etc. Coastal, city and skiing vacations are the kind of tourism that attracts the majority of world tourists. In addition, several niche tourism forms have been cultivated, including adventure in rugged regions or adventurous sports, backpacker tourism, health tourism, etc. So, destinations compete with each other seeking to attract the tourists of the world.¹⁰⁴