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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More attendees are going into debt for the trip, survey says
June 14, 2024
Column: Disneyland has already turned my hometown into a giant tourist trap.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
La Rambla is home to a fine selection of historic hotels, but the restaurant scene is full of tourist traps.
—Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
And while some may view the Olympics as a tourist trap to bring in money, data shows that tourism in Olympic cities often declines.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 25 Apr. 2024
In what is obviously a shot recycled from their previous Cliffs of Moher visit, Maddie and James, dressed in the exact same outfits and hairstyles as before, wander the totally empty tourist trap that is the Cliffs of Moher.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
La Rambla is home to a fine selection of historic hotels, but the restaurant scene is full of tourist traps.
—Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
And while some may view the Olympics as a tourist trap to bring in money, data shows that tourism in Olympic cities often declines.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 25 Apr. 2024
In what is obviously a shot recycled from their previous Cliffs of Moher visit, Maddie and James, dressed in the exact same outfits and hairstyles as before, wander the totally empty tourist trap that is the Cliffs of Moher.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Tourist trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist%20trap. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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