tourist trap

noun

|Updated on: 11 Jul 2018

Examples: tourist trap in a Sentence

Definition of tourist trap

: a place that attracts and exploits tourists

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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 of tourist trap from the Web

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, "Lowerline and Café Booqoo Translate Classics of New Orleans Cuisine," 28 June 2018
The highway was decommissioned in 1985, replaced by the Federal Interstate Highway System, but historians and travelers have kept its memory as well as its culture of roadside diners, neon lights and tourist traps alive.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "Route 66 and 10 Other Sites That Made the 2018 “Most Endangered Historic Places” List," 26 June 2018
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, "12 boys, coach missing in flooded Thailand cave," 25 June 2018
According to Kamolchai, tourists trapped in the cave by past floods have been rescued after the water receded a few days later.

— tassanee vejpongsa, The Seattle Times, "Thai officials believe 12 boys missing in flooded cave are alive," 25 June 2018
According to Kamolchai, tourists trapped in the cave by past floods have been rescued after the water receded a few days later.

— Fox News, "Thai officials believe 12 boys missing in cave are alive," 25 June 2018
Now the tourist trap’s official website is promoting a new tour that allows guests to get up and close and personal with the royals’ wax doppelgangers.

— melissa locker, Time, "People Reacted Accordingly to This Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Stunt," 12 June 2018
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, "Looking for answers in memories of Anthony Bourdain in the wake of his death," 8 June 2018
Many guides have agreements with concierges or hotels who are paid to steer travelers to pricey tourist traps.

— New York Times, "How to Hire a Quality Private Tour Guide," 17 May 2018

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