tourist trap

Example Sentences

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Nope: A quick online search revealed its sponsor was the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce, which at the time also put up a similar plaque along El Camino Real as a tourist trap.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a Wednesday evening in April, and the ambiance at Old Ebbitt Grill, the historic tourist trap steps from the White House, feels familiar, if not exactly normal.

From Washington Post

“Last year I went to Rome and I thought it was just a bit of tourist trap, but now there are specific museums I want to hit up,” he says.

From The Verge

My boyfriend, Stephen, and I had only been dating for a few months, but together we took the flat, gray drive up to the small Midwestern tourist trap of a town — filled with rows of cottage-like shops peddling tie-dye t-shirts and artisan wind chimes — with a singular mission: clean out Nashville House of any remaining jars of apple butter.

From Salon

Though there’s never a definitive answer to those questions — one person’s tourist trap is another person’s life-changing experience — it does help to know what your options are.

From The Verge