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n. An establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value.
Wikipedia
Tourist trap may refer to:
- Tourist trap, an establishment made for attracting tourists
- Tourist Trap, a 1979 horror film directed by David Schmoeller
- Tourist Trap, a 1998 comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin
- Tourist Trap, a 2004 children's novel by Charles Ogden
Tourist Trap is a 1979 American horror film directed by David Schmoeller, and starring Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Robin Sherwood, and Tanya Roberts. The film revolves around a group of friends who wind up stranded at Mr. Slausen's "museum," where the mannequins are very lifelike. Schmoeller co-wrote the script with J. Larry Carroll.
Usage examples of "tourist trap".
This place is a wall-to-wall tourist trap, a many-bladed carnivorous plant that digests easy credit and spits out the drained husks of foreigners.
This place is wall to wall tourist trap, a many-bladed carnivorous plant that digests easy credit and spits out the drained husks of foreigners.
Faced with a rejection by the National Park Service, developers seeking to convert the tiny islet into a pseudo-tropical tourist trap are appealing their case to Washington.
Dutifully she walked into the tourist trap and looked through the goods.
But I'd close and reopen as strictly a tourist trap if I could unload my present stock.
He ran a moldy roadside tourist trap called Sheeba's African Jungle Safari, located about four miles west of the Disney World entrance on U.