In the coldest month of the year, the hottest ticket in Japan, and maybe the entire world, is for the Sapporo Snow festival on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido More than two million visitors from around the world descend on

The Tokyo Tower has fallen at least three times to cinematic conquerors Godzilla, Mothra, and King Kong have all dispatched it; yet there it stands in Shiba Park at three hundred and thirty-three meters tall and weighing four thousand tons, a monument to post-World War II Japan’s economic rise

By land and by sea, the Magic Kingdom and its gang of cartoon citizens have taken over Tokyo, first arriving when Tokyo Disneyland opened in 1983, and completing their invasion when the seven Ports of Call at DisneySea welcomed their first visitors in 2001 Tokyo Disneyland Attractions Tokyo Disneyland is a replica of its sister US theme parks, Disneyland in Orange County, California, and Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida

If it weren’t for Snoopy, and the Mos Burger and Ganko Sushi restaurants along the road from the JR Universal City Station, visitors to Universal Studios Japan might think they had stepped out train of the onto the back lot of Universal Studios in Florida or Hollywood Universal Studios Japan Attractions The similarities between the parks are striking, with the same shark surging out of the water at Amity Pond, the same bicycle trip across the moon in the ET Adventure, the same Jurassic Park T-Rex chasing pathetic little rafts over a twenty-five foot waterfall, and of course, the same Amazing Adventures of Spiderman complete with a moving Statue of Liberty head

The largest amusement park in western Canada is Calaway Park, just outside Calgary, Alberta, Canada When the park opened in 1982, it was much smaller than its current site, but has grown as more land was purchased for the development of more children's and thrill rides

Spanning over 178 acres of land, the Forbidden City, or the Zijin Cheng is a major tourist attraction in Beijing Also known as the Imperial Palace, the building dates back around 500 years, though it was recently reopened for public after repairs in 1949

The unique visual theme park, aptly named Parc du Futuroscope, spans over 130 acres of land devoted to entertaining, and inadvertently educating, the millions of tourists that visit each year Built five miles north to the city of Poitiers, in France, Futuroscope was opened to public in 1987 and the park is celebrating 20 years of its existence in 2007

In a life that is dictated by routines, vacations and travelling is a thing that helps keep us sane The idea of taking annual leaves regularly makes a lot of sense

One of the most famous landmarks in Nashville, Tennessee is the Opryland country music theatre Very few realize that a hotel close by is, in its own right, a tourist attraction as well as a luxurious place to stay

With attractions like the Main Street USA, Fantasyland, Adventureland, Liberty Square, Frontierland, Tomorrowland and Mickey's Toontown Fair, the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida is perhaps the most popular Disney resort, as well as the first in the line Built in 1971, the resort spanning over 28,000 acres is, every year, thronged by thousands upon thousands of visitors both young and old