六座為吸引游客而建的人造城

However perfect a tourist destination might seem， it will always have its glaring faults—the attractions are too spread out in London， the streets can be too narrow in Venice and the cobbles play havoc on the ankles in Rome.

Which is why some countries decided to design cities and towns from scratch to tempt tourists looking for a problem-free holiday. Read on to find out about six of the best fake cities and towns from around the world.

無論一個旅游城市的景致多么美輪美奐，卻也總有著礙目的瑕疵——倫敦城中的景點布局過于分散，威尼斯城中有些街道太過窄小，羅馬城中的鵝卵石路常常弄傷游人的腳踝。

正因如此，許多國家決定自行設計一些城市和小鎮，從平地建造起來，來吸引那些希望獲得完美假期的游客。繼續往下看，你會了解到全世界六座最完美的人造城鎮。

Atlantic City， USA

美國，大西洋城

Atlantic City has recently enjoyed a revival thanks to the HBO drama Boardwalk Empire， but in the last couple of decades it experienced a slump in visitor numbers.

It is a far cry from its heyday of the 1940s and 1950s， when wealthy New Yorkers would flock to the city on the Jersey shore for their summer vacation.

多虧HBO電視臺的熱播歷史劇《大西洋帝國》，近年來大西洋城出現了經濟復蘇的局面，不過近十年來它也曾遭遇游客人數銳減的冷遇。

此情此景與此城20世紀40年代到50年代之間全盛時期的景象有著天壤之別，當時那些富裕的紐約人蜂擁而至，到這里的澤西海岸來享受暑假。

Las Vegas， USA

美國，拉斯維加斯

The first people to imagine that a city in the middle of the West Coast desert would be a roaring success must have had a hard time convincing others. But they were right. Las Vegas is now one of the party capitals of the world.

The city was founded in 1905 and 24 years later it got its big break when Nevada legalized gambling.

Since then， it has become the top location for gamblers from around the world.

當那些創業者想出要在美國西海岸中部的沙漠中建造一座城市，并斷定這座城市一定會飛黃騰達時，他們一定廢了不少唇舌讓旁人相信他們的夢想。但他們是對的。如今拉斯維加斯是全球最繁華最熱鬧的城市之一。

這座城市在1905年建成，而24年后，當內華達州宣布賭博合法化時，這座城市得到了最大的突破。

從此之后，這座城市就變成了全球各地的賭客們最傾慕的地方。

Cancun， Mexico

墨西哥，坎昆城

Cancun is one of the most fashionable holiday destinations in the world right now. But 45 years ago， there was nothing but sand where the city now lies.

The Mexican government plowed money into the area and built several large hotels with the aim of making it a global tourist destination.

坎昆城如今是全球最時尚的度假勝地之一。可在45年前，這里除了沙土便是一片荒蕪。

墨西哥政府傾注大量資金建設這個地區，在這里建造了好幾座大型酒店，目的就是將這里建成一座國際化的旅游城市。

Thames Town， China

中國，泰晤士小鎮

Thames Town in China， which reportedly cost ￡500 million to build， sits 19 miles outside of Shanghai city.

But despite being completed in 2006， its mock-Tudor buildings， cobbled streets and English pub remain desolate.

Bronze statues of James Bond and Winston Churchill are two of the tourist attractions， while hundreds of homes are designed to imitate Victorian， Georgian and Tudor architecture.

中國的泰晤士小鎮位于距離上海市外19英里的地方，據報道它斥資5億英鎊建成。

但盡管這座城市于2006年建成，它那模仿都鐸王朝時期英國建筑風格的特色建筑、鵝卵石鋪就的街道和英式的小酒店卻一直遭到游客的冷遇。

詹姆斯·邦德和丘吉爾的銅像是其中的兩處景點，還有成百上千的別墅的設計效仿維多利亞時代、喬治王朝時代和都鐸王朝時代的建筑風格。

Baiae， Italy

意大利，貝亞城

Baiae was built to attract wealthy holidaymakers from nearby Rome two thousand years ago.

But by 1500， the town was deserted because of Malaria.

As the coast subsided from volcanic activity， Baiae gradually disappeared underwater， although some of the remains can still be seen on land.

兩千年前，人們建造了貝亞城，目的是吸引來自附近的羅馬帝國的富裕的度假者。

然而1500年左右，這座城因爆發瘧疾被人們遺棄。

由于海岸因火山活動而下沉，貝亞城逐漸被海平面淹沒，只有少數遺址還在陸地上看見。

Benidorm， Spain

西班牙，貝尼多姆

Benidorm is one of the most successful tourist destinations in Spain.

But until the 1950s， it was just a small fishing town off the western Mediterranean.

After the fishing industry started to struggle， the Spanish government decided to turn it into a holiday spot.

貝尼多姆是西班牙最成功的旅游城市之一。

然而直到20世紀50年代，它還僅僅只是一個地中海西海岸邊的小漁村。

在漁業開始萎縮之后，西班牙政府就決定將這座城市轉型為一個度假景點。