21.   Slowly, government officials say, they are making progress in luring visitors to such sites.

22.   Southern California theme parks hoping to lure visitors with bargain-price admission tickets could be rewarded with more loyal customers in the long run, industry experts said.

23.   Strip-tease clubs are spending more hoping to lure visitors.

24.   Sweet guitar music lures visitors from the exhibit buildings and out onto the grounds, where farm animals graze in bucolic bliss.

25.   The bonds were backed partially by city hotel and motel tax receipts, which have increased as the improved beach lures more visitors.

26.   The Convention and Visitors Bureau is taking steps to lure Japanese visitors.

27.   The state Department of Tourism has never researched or compiled statistics to show how many visitors are lured by the desert.

28.   The West Texas cities of Midland and Odessa, never tourist hotbeds, are hoping to lure visitors to the Permian Basin to see where President Bush grew up.

29.   The Wildlife World Zoo also is luring more visitors with its own Christmas light display, a carousel, boat rides and a train.

30.   The visitors were lured in part by overheated Internet rumors.