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* One ''[[Naruto]]'' [[Non-Serial Movie]] had a suspiciously Las Vegas-esque land that was under threat.
* The Hot Springs Planet from ''[[Outlaw Star]]'' was terraformed specifically to be a giant resort.
* [[Kiddy Girl-and]] has an entire planet that serve as a resort where only females are allowed, and the dress code is they all must wear swimsuits.
* Whiskey Peak was this in ''[[One Piece]].'' They welcome with open arms any and all pirates, partying for an entire day when they land ashore. This is all a facade, for all of the inhabitants are bounty hunters for the crime syndicate Baroque Works.
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** HHGTTG also had the fabulously beautiful planet of Bethselamin, whose government grew so concerned by the cumulative erosion effects of billions of tourist visitors, that they passed a law whereby any net imbalance between what you eat and what you excrete while visiting that world is surgically removed before you are allowed to leave. Thus, it is vitally important to get a receipt each time you go to the bathroom there.
** And of course, Magrathea will build planets specifically tailored for ''you''. Want a planet made out of solid gold? What about one where everything's made of jello? The pebbles on the beaches are all precious jewels? Magrathea can build it.
* Kalgan, in the ''[[Foundation]]'' series.
* Beta Colony in [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s [[Vorkosigan Saga]] has some elements of this, a warm planet (downright lethal outside of the [[Domed Hometown|habitats/caves in fact]]) where everyone walks around in sarongs and free love is the rule, but they are rather competent and not devoted to pleasure full time.
** Indeed it is widely known as home to numerous centers of education, science, and technology. However it is ''also'' home to places where almost any sexual experience imaginable involving the consenting can be found. Sending someone to the former and finding out they have been nosing around the latter....
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** The Original Series episode has a throwaway reference to "Wrigley's Pleasure Planet" by Crewman Darnell. The planet itself has quite on lot of speculation on [http://fetishfuel.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek Trek's Fetish Fuel Page]. There has been [[Fanfic]] suggesting that it's the same planet as Risa, during an unfortunate flirtation with corporate sponsorship.
** Unfortunately, in the ''[[Star Trek Destiny]]'' trilogy, {{spoiler|the surface of the entire planet gets sterilized by the Borg.}}
* The Mars city New Vegas in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' is very heavily implied to be such a place, right down to the name.
** The characters in ''Crusade'' come across a destroyed planet that supplementary material describes as being one for aliens. It was also mentioned that there's a "Disney Planet".
* The original ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic]]'' featured the casino resort world of Carillon, which turned out to be a way to keep the alien workers of the [[Green Rocks]] mines on the same planet supplied with [[Soylent Green]] foodstuffs, as well as the tourist liner Rising Star, a ship with casinos and hotel rooms where Viper pilots liked to go on leave.
** The re-imagined version had the resort ship, ''Cloud-9'', where ''Galactica'' members were sent for R&R. {{spoiler|(Before Gina blew it up, anyway).}} Also, before it got nuked, Scorpia was the resident [[Planet of Hats|"tourist resort economy" planet]] of the Twelve Colonies ([[All There in the Manual|if we can believe the fluff]]).
* The late-1970's ''[[Buck Rogers]]'' TV series had an episode titled "Vegas in Space", I think they re-used the sets and props from Carillon on ''Battlestar Galactica'' (show made by the same people).
* The planet Midnight on [[Doctor Who]], a planet made of beautiful gems and amazing sights, but deadly to anyone who touched it's sunlight. Naturally, humanity built a resort there. And naturally for the Doctor, things go horribly wrong...
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