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tourist trap

A location or attraction that is designed to lure visiting tourists in to spend a lot of money, but which is often substandard compared to the cost of visiting or participating. A: "I was thinking we could go see the World's Largest Ball of Twine today!" B: "Oh, Tom, that's just a silly tourist trap. There are much better ways to spend a Saturday than that while you're in town." There are some fun things to do there, for sure. But for how much they charge you just to get into the park these, it's really turned into a big tourist trap.
See also: trap
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tourist trap

n. a place set up to lure tourists in to spend money. (Can be a shop, a town, or a whole country.) It looked like a tourist trap, so we didn’t even stop the car.
See also: trap
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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