▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 5 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 8 6 0 s ▁for ▁an ▁audience ▁who ▁wanted ▁a ▁national ▁icon ▁and ▁place ▁to ▁symbol ize ▁ex otic ▁wonder ▁of ▁its ▁region . ▁Phot ography ▁played ▁an ▁important ▁role ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁tour ist ▁attra ctions , ▁making ▁it ▁possible ▁to ▁dist ribute ▁hundreds ▁of ▁images ▁showing ▁various ▁places ▁of ▁interest . ▁ ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁Chicago , ▁Boston , ▁Philadelphia , ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁and ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁all ▁major ▁US ▁cities , ▁attract ed ▁numerous ▁tour ists ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s . ▁New ▁York ' s ▁population ▁grew ▁from ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁to ▁ 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 0 . ▁Chicago ▁experienced ▁a ▁dram atic ▁increase ▁from ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁residents ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁to ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁by ▁ 1 8 7 0 . ▁D iction aries ▁first ▁published ▁the ▁word ▁' t our ist ' ▁som etime ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 0 , ▁when ▁it ▁referred ▁to ▁those ▁going ▁to ▁Europe ▁or ▁making ▁a ▁round ▁trip ▁of ▁natural ▁w onders ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁New ▁England . ▁The ▁absence ▁of ▁urban ▁tour ism ▁during ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁was ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁American ▁cities ▁lack ed ▁the ▁architecture ▁and ▁art