Key learning points

1. People are attracted to visit places as tourists for different reasons.
2. There are lots of different physical and human landmarks in the Americas and these can be mapped.
3. Physical features such as mountain ranges, rivers and the coastline can be part of a tourist itinerary.
4. Major cities are often used as transport hubs which act as a starting point from which tourists can explore an area.

Keywords

• Tourist attraction - A tourist attraction is something that people travel to see or do.

• Physical geographical feature - A physical geographical feature is natural and has not been built by humans.

• Human geographical feature - A human geographical feature is something that humans have made or built.

• Route - A route shows the starting point and end point of a journey, sometimes with stops in between.

Common misconception