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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 on the Web
There are no chain restaurants, high-rise condos, or tourist traps to contend with on Captiva.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
Shilin is the largest, but it’s become an overcrowded tourist trap over the years.
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Amber Gibson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
No trip to Miami Beach is complete without a good meal — and there’s no need to cross the bridge to Miami proper for fantastic dining (still, skip the tourist traps in South Beach).
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Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2025
Brushing off Orlando as a tourist trap for Disney fanatics is easy.
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Katie Chang, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above
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“Tourist trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist%20trap. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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