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Geodomain:Queenstown.ws (website)
Queenstown also has a reputation for being the 'Adventure Capital of the World'.
Queenstown is a major centre for snow sports in New Zealand, with people from all over the country and many parts of the world travelling to ski at the four main mountain skifields. A resort town, Queenstown is a centre for adventure tourism. Skiing, jet boating, whitewater rafting, bungy jumping, mountain biking, skateboarding, tramping and fly fishing are all strong promotional themes.
Queenstown is the name of other several places in the world including:
* Queenstown, Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
* Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
* Queenstown, Maryland, United States
* Queenstown, Singapore, a neighbourhood of Singapore
* Queenstown, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
* Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia
* Cobh, Ireland, was called "Queenstown" between 1849 and 1922
* Queenstown was the original name of Port Clements, British Columbia, Canada
* Queenstown was the original name of St Andrews, Victoria, Australia
* Queenstown was the original name of the City of Victoria, Hong Kong
* Queenston, Ontario, a town located on the Canada-United States border
* Queensburgh, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
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