Resort

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Resorts combine a hotel and a variety of recreations, such as swimming pools

A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation. As a result, people tend to seek out a resort for holidays or vacations. Generally, a resort is run by a single company, which attempts to provide for all or most of a vacationer's wants while staying there, such as food, drink, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping.

Towns that contain resorts—or where tourism or vacationing is a major part of the local activity—are often called resort towns. The term resort is sometimes misused to identify a hotel that does not provide the other amenities required of a resort. However, a hotel is frequently a central feature of a resort.

The Walt Disney World Resort is perhaps the most famous example of a resort in the world, however, resorts exist throughout the world. Resorts are especially prevalent in Central America and the Caribbean.

[edit] Types of resorts

[edit] Resort at a destination

A resort at a destinaton is a resort that services a destination such as a scenic or historic site, a theme park, a gaming facility or other tourist attraction. Consequently a resort at a destination disputes its guests with other resorts at that destination amongst the public that is attracted by that destination. Examples would be resorts in and around Disney World, resorts in St. Martin in the Caribbean, and resorts at Aspen in the USA.

[edit] Destination resort

A destination resort is a resort that contains, in and of itself, the necessary guest attraction capabilities—that is to say that a destination resort does not need to be near a destination (town, historic site, theme park, or other) to attract its public. Consequently, another characteristic of a destination resort is that is offers food, drink, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping within the facility so that guests have no need to leave the facility throughout their stay. Commonly these facilities are of higher quality than would be expected if one were to stay at a hotel or eat in a town's restaurants. Some examples are Atlantis in the Bahamas, Costa do Sauípe in the Northeastern Brazil, Laguna Phuket in Thailand and Sun City near Johannesburg in South Africa.

[edit] All-inclusive resort

Main article: All-inclusive resort

An all-inclusive resort is a resort that, besides providing all of the common amenities of a resort, charges a fixed price that includes most or all items. At a minimum, most inclusive resorts include lodging, unlimited food, drink, sports activities, and entertainment for the fixed price.

[edit] Historical resorts

The most famous resort of the ancient world was Baiae, Italy, which was popular over 2,000 years ago.

[edit] See also

• Luxury resorts
• Megaresort
• Seaside resort
• Ski resort
• English seaside resorts
• Canada's grand railway hotels
• Sanatorium - A health resort