52 Shocking Travel Destinations That Failed to Impress Even the Most Eager Tourists
What’s even crazier is that people go back. Like repeatedly. Two or three times a year. To the same cheesy shows, the same s****y food, the same lame rides.
That always leads me to ask, “Are you goldfish? Do you swim over to one side of the bowl and, having reached it, forget what was on the other side needing to swim back? What in the name of all that’s holy keeps you coming back? Don’t you know there’s a big wide world out there filled with stuff more amazing than the fakery you see here?’.
The Riviera Maya in Mexico (Cancun down the coast to Tulum). My family went in 2001 when I was young, and the area was not at all developed. We stayed in Merida in January and did a few road trips, and decided to stay in Akumal for 3 nights (not in a resort).
There aren’t really any remaining public beaches anymore, nearly every square inch is occupied by inclusive resorts and private beach clubs. A protected wildlife reserve south of Tulum is being destroyed to build more of these, sewage/waste from this overdevelopment is being dumped into the cenotes (natural underground water sources) and the local population has been forced into poverty. Prices for going out are those of major US and European cities. The infrastructure in the area is crumbling and there’s a lot of cartel/dirty cop/scam taxi activity because of the “woke” yuppies that party on d***s in the beach clubs. The government looks the other way because a lot of money is being pumped out of the tourists.
Super sad to see, it’s surprising that people can travel to this area and simply look the other way while enjoying a lavish vacation.
Jamaica. Monterey Bay to be specific. It’s dirty and we were hastled at every second corner. BTW, I’ve been to at least 10 other Caribbean destinations and did not experience this level of harassment at any of them.
Helen, Georgia…
Not in the same category as NY, Disney or London… but a place lots of people describe as a super cute, fairy tale town, created in the form of quaint German enchantment…
It was gross.
Cheap..plastic…**smells like pee and stale beer.** Hordes of super ghetto white trash walking up and down the main strip buying s**t food and c**p.
Afghanistan.
– Locals very rude, and aggressive.
– accomodation poor, just a sleeping bag and rock for pillow provided
– food was awful, ate the same bland ration packs everyday.
0/10 would not recommend.
New York. Litter everywhere, homeless people s******g in the streets and eating out of bins, and the water is poisonous. One sewer grate was spewing up into the street, we got harassed at least twice on every subway ride, and the cafe we visited served our breakfast in a puddle of oil.
The people there are miserable and angry, even in central park you see the skyscrapers looming over the tree lines, reminding you that you’re caged, and every surface is covered in graffiti from people trying to prove they existed before the city consumes them. All this under the watch of a thousand waving flags.
It’s the least human place I’ve ever seen.
Positano in August- the amount of stairs you have to climb to go anywhere is INSANE. Also insanely crowded and expensive. Icing on the cake for me was getting a terrible stomach virus that left me trapped in my hotel the last 2 days of my trip. Never going back lol.
I wouldn’t say “never again” but I’ve outgrown Las Vegas, and I have no particular desire to go back. I mean, I’d go for a wedding or conference or something like that.
Bourbon St, New Orleans. Filthy, foul smelling, and I’m way beyond my party til you puke stage.
Yellowstone
Went multiple times as a kid and young adult and loved it. Went again with my husband a few years ago (in September, not even peak season!), and it was just jam-packed with people, especially big tour buses. You can’t really enjoy any of the major features there because of the massive crush of people and the insane traffic.
