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Atourist gateway (sometimes called atourism gateway) is a place or settlement through which tourists typically first visit on their way to atourist attraction ortourism region. The term is similar in concept to agateway city, which describes a city that serves as a primary point-of-entry to a region, usually in terms of migration.[1]
Tourist gateways may not offer significant attractions themselves. Although the term suggests that they must be passed through en route, a gateway may not be the only way to reach the tourist destination. They may be the last, largest or only settlement en route to the tourist attraction or in a tourism region, the closest in proximity to, or the first encountered within a tourism region. As such, tourist gateways are often associated with a major international ordomestic airport,major road,railway station orseaport.
Sometimes the terms are used in the context of information, such as websites that tourist visit in order to find out more about attractions and regions.[citation needed]
Tourist gateways, unliketourist destinations, may have developed a niche in their economy for the role or may have degrees of dependency on the tourist attraction or region foreconomic development. As such the focus of their tourism promotion is on their role in the provision of related services, such astransport,accommodation andhospitality. Sometimes these services can be in direct competition with those offered at the tourist attractions themselves.[citation needed]
Tourist gateways may also be associated withroadside attractions andtourist traps. Often, tourist gateways are associated with amoniker such as "Gateway to the ..."; for example, Gateway to the West.
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