52 Shocking Travel Destinations That Failed to Impress Even the Most Eager Tourists
Crowds are another major letdown. “People imagine they’ll be alone on this scenic cliff,” Raj says, “but then there are a hundred other tourists with tripods.” The charm fades fast when you’re packed elbow to elbow with selfie sticks. “And sometimes,” he sighs, “clients come back asking why we didn’t tell them. But we did.”
Unfortunately, Santorini. I went 7 years ago and it was horribly crowded, tour buses everywhere. My hotel was lovely, had the classic view out the Caldera thing and was tucked away and hard to find, but not so hard that I didn’t have tourists coming onto my deck and taking engagement photos my entire three days there. The archaeology museum was nice, and I asked someone there if they felt like tourists were ruining their island. She agreed. I cannot even imagine how bad it is now with cruise ships. Cruise ships ruin everything in my opinion.
There have been places I’ve gone to 5 yrs ago off season in Europe that were lovely and you could have an authentic experience. Nowadays they are just packed and miserable with obnoxious tourists.
I would add Iceland to this list too- another place I went in winter about ten yrs ago and had a great time, very few tourists, lovely. I went last February again and wanted to scream with the mass hordes of tourists, many of whom were just terrible. I love you Iceland, but I just can’t anymore. I had thought about coming back in summer to do the West part of the island, but no.
Icelandair has done a fantastic job of selling Iceland to Americans, but at what cost? The airport is also now a nightmare to use for connections to other places in Europe – it is too small for all that traffic flowing through there now.
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