How to Use tourist trap in a Sentence

tourist trap

noun
Definition of tourist trapnext
  • The street market is a tourist trap that mostly sells cheap souvenirs.
  • All the more reason to avoid the tourist traps and focus on the growing craft beer scene.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Pike Place Market is a tourist trap, but a stop at Piroshky Piroshky makes the crowds worth it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
  • There are no town squares, no restaurants, and no tourist traps.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Despite all the tourism signs, the Laurel Highlands are far from a tourist trap.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 July 2021
  • Perhaps those big, epoch-marking years are tourist traps of a kind.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • There's a reason the 1995 movies Showgirls and Casino were filmed at this tourist trap.
    — Madison Roberts, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The city may not have the flashy kid-centric tourist traps like Disneyland, but there’s still plenty for the younger crowd.
    — Megan Barber, Curbed, 20 Nov. 2018
  • There's a reason Showgirls and Casino were filmed at this tourist trap.
    — Amy Jamieson, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • There’s even a tourist trap called the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters near the trail’s southern end.
    — Eric Barton, Outside Online, 10 July 2019
  • Or a tourist trap with pricey boutiques and bistros tucked inside old-timey facades.
    — Mike Bezemek, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Too young to know about traffic, tourist traps and six-level parking garages.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • There was one dining option: the dreaded tourist trap restaurant with a scenic vista.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2022
  • One of the restaurants Tony wanted to go to personally, not for the show, was Au Pied de Cochon, kind of a tourist trap.
    — Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2018
  • Many guides have agreements with concierges or hotels who are paid to steer travelers to pricey tourist traps.
    — New York Times, 17 May 2018
  • The surrounding neighborhood is a tourist trap, but the north, west and southwest coasts are gorgeous.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The dining room of his more casual space bears hints of a French Quarter tourist trap, with Mardi Gras beads and jester’s masks slung over a wall sconce.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 28 June 2018
  • Getting to the Musée was just a matter of hopping on a cable car and riding it to the end of the line near Fishermans Wharf, which is a bit of tourist trap these days.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2018
  • Just a few minutes’ walk from the flashing billboards and marquees of New York’s Times Square, the tourist traps give way to a different kind of sparkle and hustle.
    — Time, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Pass the stand where out-of-towners and politicians have donned sombreros and serapes for photos ever since the city turned this area into a tourist trap in 1930.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
  • Including the Mitchells, who first encounter their new robot overlords at a tourist trap with a dinosaur theme.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2021
  • Such are the legendary tales weaving through this tourist trap and epicenter of the gambling industry.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
  • According to Kamolchai, tourists trapped in the cave by past floods have been rescued after the water receded a few days later.
    — Tassanee Vejpongsa, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2018
  • The homes have also become a bit of a tourist trap — one that police are requesting visitors to stay away from for their safety.
    — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2020
  • There's a fine line between must-see attraction and overrated tourist trap.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2018
  • There’s a fine line between must-see attraction and overrated tourist trap.
    — Gabrielle Olya, USA TODAY, 12 July 2019
  • So the filmmakers left behind 44 hobbit holes, the Green Dragon Inn and dozens of other props, turning the farm into a proper tourist trap.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Think brasseries are tacky, unimaginative tourist traps?
    — Alec Lobrano, Bon Appetit, 9 Aug. 2017
  • Most restaurants with skyscraper views are tourist traps, but this one is a real winner, with a menu that’s fiercely Canadian.
    — Fortune, 13 Feb. 2018
  • These touches make craft breweries feel like home, and also attract out-of-towners looking for local flavor and not a tourist trap.
    — Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2019

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