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Travel has increased significantly in recent decades. The purposes of travel vary: some travel for business, some for leisure, some to experience different cultures, some for specific interests or simply seeking entertainment. More than half of the world's population now lives in urban areas, these places are now the world stage for many civilizations. They are centers of art, entertainment and food, gateways to traditional customs and modern society, focal points for commerce, industry and finance, culture and people, icons and architecture, uniqueness and unity and, of course, offer tourists the opportunity to experience diversity and creativity. However, to know what the city's strategies are to attract the attention of tourists, it is necessary to identify the idiotic elements of urban tourism that lead to attracting visitors to a city. Tourism is often associated with traveling to places far from home. Tourism has a great impact on the economic growth of some countries, which define the shape of their cities by producing different sectors such as historic districts, conference centers, museums, shopping malls, hotels, restaurants and the list can be endless. Furthermore, tourism elements have been developed by cities for a variety of reasons, including: to locate themselves in the world by painting a positive image and attracting visitors and for their money. Therefore, by defining the primary and secondary elements in the tourism bubble, it could determine what effect urban tourism has on cities. The primary elements therefore include: cultural facilities (museums and art galleries, theatres, cinemas, concert halls and conference centres), sports facilities, entertainment facilities (nightclubs, casinos and festivals), e.g. .... half of paper . .....Marketing Cities for Tourism”, page 54Houston and the Sydney Opera House, all these icons play an important role in marketing their cities to attract tourists to visit them. Overall, travel can change the spiritual and physical existence of both of you. visitors and hosts, so urban tourism refers to the consumption of the city's entertainment and cultural offerings by visitors. Furthermore, it is important to highlight that the tourism elements developed by most cities portray a product “the city” to promote it for “visitor” consumers in order to stimulate the urban economy. Works Cited1. Bosley, Holly Elizabeth, Ph.D. Spatial conceptualization of the urban tourist bubble2. Dennis R. Judd “Building the Tourist Bubble”, The Tourist City.3. Holcomb, Briavel “City marketing for tourism”, The tourist city.4. http://www.scholars-on-bilbao.info/