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a tourist trap
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a place that attracts many tourists and charges them too much
Critical. The opposite is somewhere 'off the beaten track'.
In context
That street is a tourist trap; a bowl of pho costs three times the normal price.
We avoided the tourist traps and ate where the locals eat.
More idioms about travel
- a bumpy ridea difficult period with many problems
- a change of scenerytime in a new place that makes you feel fresh and different
- a flying visita very short visit
- a fork in the roada point where you must choose between two different paths or decisions
- a home away from homea place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own home