Where Are The Biggest Tourist Traps in USA?
Biggest tourist traps … Anytime you travel to a city for the first time, you’re probably tempted to visit all the popular tourist sites – or, more precisely, tourist traps. In…
SAUSALITO, CA – JUNE 20: The Transamerica Pyramid building is seen through the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge June 20, 2007 as seen from Sausalito, California. Pacific Gas and Electric has launched an estimated $1.5 million research program to study the possibility of submerging turbines under the water to gather energy from tidal flows. A previous study conducted by the Electric Power Research Institute in 2006 came to conclude that the tides that pass under the iconic Golden Gate bridge are the best on the West Coast of the U.S. to generate power. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Biggest tourist traps … Anytime you travel to a city for the first time, you're probably tempted to visit all the popular tourist sites – or, more precisely, tourist traps. In other words, you're likely to spend a lot of money to see something that doesn't quite live up to your expectations. Property-management company Casago and USA Today Blueprint recently conducted their own research to determine the biggest tourist traps in the country. They based their findings on reviews found on TripAdvisor and Google. Specifically, they looked for reviews containing words like "tourist trap," "overrated," and "expensive." Here are some of the biggest tourist traps they came up with:
- Fisherman's Wharf – San Francisco
- The Four Corners Monument – Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico
- Times Square – New York City
- Navy Pier – Chicago
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- San Antonio River Walk
- Salem Witch Museum – Salem, Massachusetts
- Dole Plantation – Honolulu, Hawaii
You'll notice that Detroit did NOT make this top ten. What places would you add to this list?
