Examples of tourist trap in a Sentence
The street market is a tourist trap that mostly sells cheap souvenirs.
That hotel is just a tourist trap.
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In Palermo, there are endless options for down-home Sicilian cooking, with a notable absence of the typical tourist trap restaurants that often line the main thoroughfares of popular Italian cities.
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
Kevin, who has long dreamed of finding out the origins of Stonehenge, is dismayed to find out that it was built to be a tourist trap, and that its inventors are planning to add a gift shop.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
Established in 1926 and a pop culture fixture ever since, the Mother Road transformed the way people traveled from the West Coast to the Midwest (and vice versa), with diners, gas stations, motels, souvenir shops and tourist traps popping up along the 2,448 mile highway.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024
Visit cheaper destinations While this may be stating the obvious, falling into the tourist trap of big-ticket places is one of the most common mistakes.
—Layla Quaedvlieg, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 July 2024
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
Kevin, who has long dreamed of finding out the origins of Stonehenge, is dismayed to find out that it was built to be a tourist trap, and that its inventors are planning to add a gift shop.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
Established in 1926 and a pop culture fixture ever since, the Mother Road transformed the way people traveled from the West Coast to the Midwest (and vice versa), with diners, gas stations, motels, souvenir shops and tourist traps popping up along the 2,448 mile highway.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024
Visit cheaper destinations While this may be stating the obvious, falling into the tourist trap of big-ticket places is one of the most common mistakes.
—Layla Quaedvlieg, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 July 2024
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“Tourist trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist%20trap. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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