Tourists share the holiday destinations they’d never go back to

Holidays aren’t always the dream experiences we’d like them to be. Even the ones to destinations that are home to wonders of the world, stunning mountain landscapes and waterfronts favoured by the rich and famous. On the flip side, there are the places that leave tourists desperate to return. But where are they? Two Reddit threads reveal all. In one users discuss places they never want to return to – including a ‘tourist trap’ U.S state – and in another, the topic is places users ‘want to revisit time after time’, with a stunning English seaside town making the cut, along with a city in Louisiana .

This discussion was kicked off by Reddit user ‘Affordable Traveler’, who asked: ‘What’s one place you’ll never travel to again?’ From Europe to Africa and the USA, several of the world’s top destinations failed to impress contributors. Including Cairo . Reddit user ‘Cheat-Meal’ said: ‘Cairo, Egypt. Never again will I go there. Sure the pyramids are beautiful, but the scammers and touts ruin the experience.’

‘Crap_bag’ joined in with their experience of Egypt, recalling: ‘I got locked in a perfume shop in Egypt, still didn’t buy anything and he eventually gave up but was a bit scary at the time. I’d only gone for a walk. Also saw a guy washing his balls with a hosepipe in the street on said walk, so not the best first impression but certainly a memorable one.’

India also came up in the discussion, with complaints of ‘constant harassment and disrespect’ and being ‘stared at, hounded and groped’. ‘Thecwestions’ declared: ‘India. No amount of love for curry could ever drag me there again.’

Florida , meanwhile, was denounced as a ‘hot, gross, scuzzy tourist trap’, though one user did say it has ‘amazing nature… if you can escape the clammy grasp of the strip malls to find it’.

For one traveller, it was the bright lights of Monaco that failed to impress. ‘Tazdevil64’ said: ‘Monaco! The public restrooms at the palace were absolutely filthy! At the Monte Carlo casino, the dealers and employees paid no attention to you if you weren’t a regular, or very obviously wealthy.’

Price was a deciding factor for one traveller, ‘Joecooool418’, who said: ‘Probably Switzerland . It’s beautiful but holy s*** is it expensive. The cheapest dinner we had was about $150 (£117) and most were over $200 (£156). Thirty-minute train rides or lifts to the mountains cost $130 (£101) per person. The Alps are just as pretty in France, Italy, Austria, and Germany, and food/activities cost about half the price.’

Sometimes it’s not about the destination itself but the circumstances. ‘Gre209by’ said: ‘ Rome at the peak of summer. Personally, the heat and crowds made it pretty horrible.’

Dubai was also blacklisted by some – ‘a giant tourist trap’ – along with Jamaica (‘outrageous scams’ and ‘sketchy’).

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