This could open up more possibilities, from concert ticket-buying apps based on a musician in an image, to a TripAdvisor-like travel review or Orbitz-like travel-booking app that pops up data related to the travel destination in the image.

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And in New York City, a favoured destination due to its iconic image and excellent shopping, the Marriott Marquis has even replaced room numbers on the 44th floor with names, because the number four is considered bad luck in Chinese culture.

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They are entwined with its image as a romantic destination, fueling the tourist trade.

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But Egypt's image as a tourism destination has suffered since the Arab Spring erupted in Tunisia just over two years ago and spread across the Middle East.

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Piracy in the region is thought to have tarnished its image as a stable holiday destination, with visits to impacted East African coastal nations down by nearly 6.5% relative to visits to other countries.

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They said Sandiford had damaged the image of Bali as a tourism destination and weakened the government's anti-drugs programme.

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In its verdict, a panel of Denpasar District Court judges concluded that Sandiford had damaged the image of Bali as a tourism destination and weakened the government's drug prevention program.

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For all the appeal of the city as a shopping destination - a characteristic that, anyhow, has been more an image than a reality for years - it is not much of a place for children.

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Image problem notwithstanding, Mexico has remained a top tourist destination for decades.

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