Word: touristic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both were nominated for best picture, as were The Accidental Tourist, an adaptation of Anne Tyler's acclaimed novel tracing the emotional journeys of a travel writer, and Working Girl, a Cinderella tale of a secretary who battles her way up the corporate ladder...
...ongoing excavation is one of the few tourist sights in Italy with regular hours these days. Five days a week, fair weather or foul, the team is out shoveling and charting its discovery. A miniature Bobcat bulldozer shovels dirt around in one section, while in another, workers gingerly remove dust from rocks with tiny brushes. "Everybody stops to take a look," says De Marinis. "People yell all kinds of questions. Mostly they ask us what's new. But usually it's the foreigners; for Florentines, it's more a pain in the neck...
...truth is that the town is already a tourist hive in season, and George Bush has nothing to do with it. The population swells to around 30,000 in the summer, and 19,000 cars cross the narrow two-lane bridge into Dock Square each day in peak season. Gridlock comes with the Coppertone. "Ocean Avenue is already a zoo," concedes selectman Drew. Adds Tom Bradbury, whose family has been in town for generations: "The Bush factor changes the name on the souvenir, but the souvenirs were already here...
...bases on the commission's roll call had outlived their strategic purposes. San Francisco's Presidio army base, for example, was once a crucial Pacific outpost where officers were trained during World War I. Today the Presidio, with its tree-shaded trails and historic architecture, is a popular tourist destination. Illinois' Fort Sheridan processed 500,000 soldiers during World War II. These days, the base is most famous for a lush golf course...
...hectares of land owned by American Quakers who had settled the region in the 1950s were set aside as a private reserve. Over the years that has grown to 10,500 hectares. One key to preserving this huge area was to allow local people to develop a tourist business. In five years the annual number of visitors has gone from 6,000 to 15,000, and could climb to more than 30,000 when a new road up from the plain is built. That success shows that forests can produce income without being destroyed...