Hard to decide using "is" or "was"

Should "there is a beauty spot " be "there was a beauty spot "?

Context:
Hungary (Oct.10) -- A Chinese traveller was told that, when hotel clerk learned that he came from China, there is a beauty spot which would catch his attention: Budapest Communist Park.

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I have to add: the park now is there, not existed in the past and now it disappeared.

If the park is still there, you should use "is". If you say the park "was" there, it means the park is no longer there. In the second post, it should say "there is a beautiful spot." Once again, if you use was, it means it isn't there anymore.

Thanks

He was attracted strongly when the clerk showed him the map on which the park is located. The book was full of pictures of statues in the communist style. As a person who lived in a once-socialist country, he found an inexplicable affinity to Hungary.

When a hotel clerk learned that a traveller came from China, the clerk told him about a local beauty spot which should catch his attention--Budapes Communist Park.