The lighthouse was a popular tourist destination.

Meaning: Many people came to visit the lighthouse because it was a famous and interesting place.

Choice of Words: Tourist is a person who is traveling for pleasure. Destination is a place to which one is going or traveling.

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The lighthouse was a favorite spot for tourists.

Meaning: This means that many people who travel for fun like to visit the lighthouse the most.

Choice of Words: Favorite is something that someone likes the most. Spot is a place. When you put them together, "favorite spot" means a place that someone likes to go to the most. "The lighthouse was a favorite spot for tourists" means that many people who travel for fun like to visit the lighthouse the most.

Tourists loved to visit the lighthouse.

Meaning: This means that many people who travel for fun really like to go to the lighthouse.

Choice of Words: Loved is a strong word that means to like something very much. When you put it together with "visit" and "lighthouse", it means that many people who travel for fun really like to go to the lighthouse.

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