For example, a 140 lbs (63kg) person weighs only 14 lbs (6 kg) in the water. Water acts as a cushion for the bodyâs weight-bearing joints, reducing stress on muscles, tendons and ligaments. As a result, aquatic workouts are low impact and can greatly reduce the injury and strain common to most land-based exercises.
1. Paris, France. shawn.bayern / Flickr [ more photos ]. This should come as no surprise: Paris is the most-visited city in the world. According to the Paris Tourism Office, the City of Love welcomed 15.1 million international travelers in 2010.
# 1 - Fiji Islands. Fiji is the number one hot spot in the South Pacific and receives over 600,000 tourists a year, but this is fewer tourists than visit the city of Cambridge in England each year! But Fiji has what most other places around the world don't have: literally hundreds of small tropical islands with stunning beach resorts.