Western Europe, particularly the United Kingdom, is a leading destination for international tourism, with London as a major hub offering historic sites, renowned museums, and modern attractions. Margate, known for its sandy beaches and historical significance as Britain’s first sea bathing resort, enhances the appeal of the UK’s countryside. The document also lists various UNESCO World Heritage sites across the UK, highlighting its rich cultural and natural heritage.

1. Great Britain

2. Western Europe
In terms of international tourist
arrivals, Western Europe is the
most visited region in the world.
France and Spain are the two most
visited countries in the world, while
Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany
and Russia are also in the top 10 most
visited.

4. United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
• The British Isles comprise more than
6,000 islands off the northwest coast
of continental Europe, including the
countries of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain (England, Scotland and
Wales) and Northern Ireland, and
the Republic of Ireland.

5. United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
• England
• Great
Britain
• Scotland
• UK
• Wales
• British Isles

7. London
• London has long been a cosmopolitan city
with a rich built heritage. Many of the
monuments to the empire and government
buildings remain despite bombings during
World War II. It is home to many museums
and key historic sites.

8. London
• Some of the most visited attractions include
• the reconstruction of The Globe Theatre of
William Shakespeare,
• the Tower of London (which served as a royal
prison and is the home of the British Crown
Jewels),
• the Tate Gallery,
• the National Portrait Gallery
• and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

9. London
• More recently developed attractions
include the home grounds of English
soccer clubs, such as Chelsea’s
Stamford Bridge, which are followed
by supporters all around the world,
and shopping. For example, Harrods
in Knightsbridge is possibly the most
famous department store in the
world.

10. London
• Like the days of the British Empire, London is
today a major European transport hub,
although now it is aviation rather than
passenger ships.
• Heathrow air- port is one of the world’s
busiest airports

11. Сountryside
• Although cities are the focal point for tourism,
the countryside is often a key factor in the
attractiveness of the British Isles.
• he rural landscape developed from a combination
of physical and human factors.
• Key physical factors include the Gulf Stream that
passes the west coast of Ireland and Scotland and
helps keep the climate warmer than equivalent
latitudes in North America by several degrees.

12. Margate
• Margate is an ancient coastal in Kent in south-east
England. Margate was an established fishing and
trading port by 1300.
• Margate is recorded as being Britain’s first
commercial sea bathing resort in 1736

13. Margate
• The Royal Sea Bathing Hospital founded in
1791 was Britain’s first specialized hospital
and advocated sea bathing and sea air in cases
of consumption (tuberculosis) which was of
epidemic proportions until well into the early
20th Century. Before the advent of the
railways in the 1850s visitors would arrive by
sea.

14. Margate
• From the 1930s on sunbathing grew in
popularity as a result of the relatively high
number of sunshine hours that Margate
received as well as having a sandy beach, The
Golden Sands, unlike many United Kingdom
coastal resorts which have shingle beaches.

15. Properties inscribed on the World
Heritage List (29)
•Cultural (24)
•Natural (4)
•Mixed (1)

16. St Kilda - volcanic archipelago
(mixed)

17. Dorset and East Devon Coast

18. Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
(Northern Ireland)

19. Gough and Inaccessible Islands
(south Atlantic)

20. Henderson Island
(Eastern South Pacific)

21. Cultural (24)
1. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
2. Blenheim Palace
3. Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey,
and St Martin's Church
4. Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in
Gwynedd
5. City of Bath

22. City of Bath
Founded by the Romans as a thermal spa

23. • Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
• Derwent Valley Mills
• Durham Castle and Cathedral

24. • Frontiers of the Roman Empire
• Heart of Neolithic Orkney
• Historic Town of St George and Related
Fortifications, Bermuda

25. • Ironbridge Gorge
• Liverpool – Maritime
Mercantile City
• Maritime Greenwich
• New Lanark
• Old and New Towns of
Edinburgh
• Palace of Westminster and
Westminster Abbey
including Saint Margaret’s
Church

26. • Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Saltaire
• Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites

27. • Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of
Fountains Abbey
• The Forth Bridge
• Tower of London