This summary covers different icons number 1-11 , the name of the icon, location of the icon, why it is an icon and a description of the Icon.
The rest of the icons are in the file Tourism Icons part 2
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Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia
Took 16 years to build
Roof shaped like sales on a ship
Symbol of Sydney
1000 rooms
1 Unique structural engineering
Largest organ in the world (10 000 pipes)
and artistic architecture
Preforming arts centre
200 000 visitors on guided tour every year
Ayers Rock / Uluru-Kata Tjuta
National Park Outback of Northern
Australlia
Worlds largest sandstone
monolith (one large solid block of 600 000 million years old
stone) +- 3.6km long
2
Sacred site for aboriginal people- 1.9km wide
plays important role in spiritual 9.4km circumference
life
The Statue of Christ the Redeemer Rio de Janeiro
(on Corcovado)
One of the new 7 wonders of the
Largest art deco statue
world
Completed in 1831
Symbol of Christianity and peace
Stands 30m tall outstretched arms span 28m
3 Symbol of the city of Rio de
Chapel for 150 people at the base
Janeiro
Located on top of the hill, Corcovado in
Appears to be blessing city with
the Tijucu Forest National Park
open arms
4 Niagra Falls Border between Canada and Forms border between Canada Collective names for the 3 waterflls that
USA and USA straddle the international border between
One of the most spectacular Canada and USA
waterfalls in the world 1. Horseshoe Falls
2. American Falls
3. Bridal Veil Falls
Tourist cruise on “Maid of the Mist” carries
passangers into the rapids beneath the falls
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