The World’s Worst Tourist Traps in 2025, According to Visitor Reviews

Whether the crowds, hygiene, noise, long lines, or price skiing, some of the most well -known tourist attractions in the world do not rise to the level of noise – and New analysis By ESIM Bedouin Discover where the worst tourist traps in the world in 2025.

The authors of the study analyzed the Tripadvisor reviews of the most popular tourist attractions in the 50 most visited countries in the world, according to the data of the United Nations World Tourism Organization. After that, I took the text from the online reviews, and the study calculated the number of times that each negative attraction was described as a “tourist trap” to reveal any of the best destinations in the world that left its most strange visitors.

1. The worst tourist destinations in the world, ranked
2. The most expensive tourist traps
3. The 10 worst tourist traps in the United States
4. Top 10 tourist traps in the United Kingdom

The worst tourist destinations in the world, ranked

There was a tie in the upper part of the 2025 World List, with two American-Walls, South Dakota, Wouirirman Warf, San Francisco-classified as a “tourist trap” 1,000 times each.

Once a little more than a pharmacy on the side of the road and the refreshments stop, Wall drugs It is now part of a vast Western character, although this list is more than 2 million visits every year.

Likewise, San Francisco Hunter The neighborhood welcomes 12 million amazing visitors annually in the waterfront restaurants and souvenir stores, yet it seems that some visitors feel confused; According to one, it is only worth seeing seals. ”(They are actually Black sea))

The second place came in the most frustrated study in Europe, the famous Ramblas Brominide In Barcelona, Spain. This pedestrian road lines with bars and loud restaurants, yet he has fought to lose its reputation as the world Most of the capture street– Which may be one of the reasons that make her obtained 826 visiting reviews that he described as a tourist trap.

The remainder of the best 5 years was in Europe: the Dublin Temple region ranked third (with 687 reviews); The previous Cold War crossing came to the inspection point in Berlin, Germany, fourth (681 reviews); Royal Royal Mile, famous in Edinburgh, came in fifth place (539 reviews).

Elsewhere, it was not the worst attraction in Canada – and the six worst reviewed in the world – other than Niagara Falls (483 reviews). Even the Eiffel Tower achieved the 10 best international people, and ranked ninth in general (with 303 reviews). Among many other iconic monuments and attractions that end up to the “Tourist trap” list, heavy global swamps such as the Rome Trevi fountain (eleventh rank in general), Al Jiza Pyramids (15), Chichen Etza (18), ACROPOLIS (19th), Petra in Jordan (21st) Palace (33). Meanwhile, Sydney Harbour (28) was the worst tourist trap in Australia, and South America was Rio De Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue (30).

The most expensive tourist traps

By switching the parameters a little, the study, in which tourist attractions were also accused of expensive, looked at the calculation of the number of times the phrase “tourism trap” appeared alongside a complaint about the cost. The upper part of this list was Gracland (where a A tour of the palace It will return you $ 84) with 206 reviews, followed by Grand Canyon Skywalk from Arizona, and Biltmore Estate in North Carolina in third place.

The 10 worst tourist traps in the United States

When taking Data Country according to the country, Grand also crept into the top 10 tourist traps in the United States in the ninth place, along with the likes of Times Square, Chicago’s Navy Pier, and the famous Pike Pile market in Seattle.

You can see how tourist attractions of other states were in male reviews Tourist trap On the map below.

Top 10 tourist traps in the United Kingdom

Royal Mile Edinburgh topped the UK list. The other British sites that win the “Tourist Trap” brand were The London Eye, Covent Garden, Camden Market, Tower of London and Edinburgh Castle.

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