tourist trap

noun

: a place that attracts and exploits tourists

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

As more travelers ditch tourist traps in favor of authentic experiences, craft markets have become one of the most rewarding ways to see the real side of a destination — and bring home a souvenir that actually means something. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026

To drive home the holiday destination motif, Day Tripper’s menu is centered on vacation drinks — but elevated, not the usual tourist trap slop. —Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026

For years, Seattle’s waterfront was isolated and written off as a tourist trap thanks to a double-decker highway that cleaved it from the rest of the city. —Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026

This differentiates it vastly from typical outlet shopping excursions and tourist traps. —Cristine Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tourist trap

• handicap
• overlap
• thunderclap
• wiretap
• app
• cap
• chap
• clap
• crap
• flap
• frap
• gap