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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Nothing can ruin a trip faster than running into too many crowds and being stiffed at tourist traps.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
While there are tourist traps here, some gems do exist in this part of town, too.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
Mather helped rid the Grand Canyon of tacky profiteers like Ralph Cameron who had gotten rich off rent-seeking tourist traps like Indian Gardens and the hiker’s tollbooth erected at the top of Bright Angel Trail.
—Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
Some get lost in that tourist trap town and never return to trail.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
While there are tourist traps here, some gems do exist in this part of town, too.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
Mather helped rid the Grand Canyon of tacky profiteers like Ralph Cameron who had gotten rich off rent-seeking tourist traps like Indian Gardens and the hiker’s tollbooth erected at the top of Bright Angel Trail.
—Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
Some get lost in that tourist trap town and never return to trail.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for tourist trap
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“Tourist trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist%20trap. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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