"Dubai. It shouldn’t exist past bedouin camps."
"Branson, Missouri is a pretty bad tourist trap."
"Nassau Bahamas. It’s the busiest cruise ship port in the world, and not for good reasons. It’s a cheap place to stop that can accommodate the largest cruise ships, it’s close to Florida, and fulfills the requirement of “at least one foreign stop” for US cruises to operate without following US labor laws.
I could forgive that if the port was actually nice. It’s not. Traffic sucks, public transit is bad, and the area immediately surrounding the port has some of the most aggressive vendors you’ll ever find.
It’s all for the convenience of the cruise companies and none for the customer."
"Hollywood Blvd is pretty junky. Then, the scientologists… I always feel bad for people who make the trip to Los Angeles and end up there. They must be like wtf?"
"Waikiki in Honolulu. It’s not its own city, but it’s so much a tourist trap.
Nothing in there is “original”, traditional, or real, even though everything claims to be. Even the sand on the beach isn’t from there.
Everything is significantly more expensive and lower quality than just outside of it. Even things that are legitimately Hawaiian, like Poke aren’t done right there. The poke served in Waikiki is California style and generally just cr#p."
"I’m surprised I’ve only seen one mention of Wisconsin Dells. If doing touristy nonsense is something you enjoy, this place is a banger. Pirate themed mini-golf, two massive water parks themed on the bible and greek mythology, respectively, gimmicky dining options like a “lumberjack breakfast” and food delivery by train system, more sweets and novelty shops than you can count, a hybrid boat/bus tour, a couple escape rooms, an arcade/waterpark/movie theater/African safari themed hotel, a deer petting zoo/reserve, and a fantasy themed timed scavenger hunt."
"I have enjoyed most of my travel in India but Agra was a dump. It’s the Taj Mahal and literally nothing else worth seeing."
"Myrtle Beach, SC. A low-rent family vacation spot that’s on the way to nowhere."
"As much as I love the pure camp and cheesiness that is Niagara Falls, the answer is Niagara Falls."
"Pigeon Forge, TN."
"Vegas. $30 cocktails in a plastic cup."
"Tombstone, AZ. Cheesy “museums” with third grade dioramas, expensive “saloons”, and the goofiest recreation of the gunfight at ok corral done by ancient hippies. Laughable. Tourist. Trap."
"Deadwood, SD. Everything was generic. The food was trash, the nature was monetized, hardly any long trails."
"Cairo native here can confirm. Every time I’m in downtown and see tourists I chuckle.
So what was it? Was it the camel dudes at the pyramids scamming you? Was it the pollution and dirty streets? Was it the stray animals being abused?"
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