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Tourists frolic in the fountain of Charleston’s historic Waterfront Park on July 15, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina. The second largest city in South Carolina, Charleston is known for its well-preserved architecture and was named “America’s Most Friendly City” in 2014 by Conde Nast Traveler.

Tourist gather outside the south gate of Bayon temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia. A stable Cambodia has meant that each year, since records were kept in 1993, the number of tourists has grown from about 100,000 a year to more than four million.

Tourists visit the Piazza di Basilica Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy.

Tourists cool off in a fountain in front of the Pantheon, one of the best-preserved Ancient Roman buildings, in central Rome on July 23, 2015.

A street vendor prepares food in Chinatown. Chinatown is located in one of the oldest areas of Bangkok. It represents the resettlement of Chinese on the western bank of Chao Phraya River after Rama I moved the capital of the kingdom from Thonburi.

The Town Hall Tower in Krakow, Poland.

A group of tourists watch the facade of Spanish architect Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona on June 28, 2015.

Visitors walk along the “Boomslang” at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa. The walkway resembles a snakes skeleton and winds its way above the ground through the forest.

Colorful umbrellas decorate a main pedestrian street in Jerusalem as the city’s municipality opens more attractions and cultural activities in an effort to attract more tourists.