With the weaker dollar, tourists from Paris, London and Tokyo have descended upon the United States market for their holiday gift shopping, retail executives say.

AS soon as summer heralds its presence, tourists descend upon this Victorian resort at New Jersey's southern tip.

Local residents, especially surfers, and tourists descended on Chun's store and bought every shirt he had.

Today, there is a metal spiral staircase that allows tourists to descend into the excavated interior of the structure, where cultural events are even performed.

As the winter months approached, tourists would descend in droves upon Egypt.

Now tourists descend on the town's three main streets, and a growing number of souvenir shops proclaims the new order of things.

Every summer, Canadian tourists descend by the thousands to camp along its beaches and hike its winding trails.

This summer, tourists from around the globe have descended on Carmel, crowding its narrow streets with cars, double-decker buses, motorcycles and recreational vehicles.

The scene begins each Sunday at 10:45 A.M., when tourists descend from their buses.

Meanwhile, tourists and scuba divers, often in luxury dive boats, are descending on reef areas that are still pristine.