Do you ever act like a tourist? - New Tourist Travel Forums: Travel Discussion and Travel Help

jimmys devoted · 13th October 2008, 08:33 PM

When we are broke and need a diversion we go to GSMNP area and act like tourists.
Its cheap and fun. And with the economy going the way it is, Isee many people staying close to home to have a break/vacation.

Julie

Florentin · 14th October 2008, 04:52 AM

you have got to be kidding here!

can you imagine getting caught?
not that anyone would really care

KrisNY · 14th October 2008, 06:30 PM

What is GSMNP stand for? Nope-- I don't go close and act like a tourist-- although I see nothing wrong with it. They say a lot of great fun places are right in your own neighborhood.

ekmallette · 15th October 2008, 12:22 PM

I'm all for being a tourist in your own area! I'll even walk around my own hometown and take photos like a tourist!! LOL! Actually I live in an historic place with a lot of old buildings and such and they're just so beautiful that I can't resist. I'll go into the old antique stores and such just like folks who don't live here do and it's really a fun, inexpensive thing to do. There are many things in Minnesota to do and see and enjoy so I don't mind staying close to home and checking them out!

cybert · 15th October 2008, 12:27 PM

Act like a tourist in Pattaya and you would be glad to know that almost everyone in the nearby is willing to help you. People here are very friendly and loving. They would never cheat you or misguide you.

Brandbla8 · 15th October 2008, 11:09 PM

Now that is something I never thought of. I may just try that since the economy is in a slump and I do not have the money to go anywhere else.

jimmys devoted · 19th October 2008, 06:21 AM

GSMNP Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
I got one of those cheap disposible cameras and took lots of touristy pics and they look awsome!

trose7 · 19th October 2008, 07:39 PM

Nah, I don't act like a tourist in my own area. I'm on vacation too much.

andreashops · 19th October 2008, 07:46 PM

I don't act like a tourist in my home town unless it is actually somewhere I have never visited. There are lots of places in town that I have yet to visit.

DigitalLove · 19th October 2008, 08:22 PM

once, I went to Philidelphia, which isn't far from my home, and walked around, taking pictures and making stupid gestures, even though I was there many times before. I was just acting like the stereotypical tourist, lol. It was great; I got weird looks.

wishmaster · 19th October 2008, 10:46 PM

I have acted like a tourist many times. It just generally makes people a lot nicer to you. I guess it's kind of cruel to make them have pity on you, but what are you going to do?

Connix · 21st October 2008, 01:54 AM

Acting like a tourist is sometimes the only way of getting anything in a different place. It pays off to act like a tourist when you are in a totally different country -- When they don't speak your language!

Cider · 23rd October 2008, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Connix

Acting like a tourist is sometimes the only way of getting anything in a different place. It pays off to act like a tourist when you are in a totally different country -- When they don't speak your language!

yeah, good point.

I traveled to Canada once, Montreal to be exact, and traveled into Old Montreal and attempted my rusty French skills. Apparently, I was asking where objects like pencils and whatnot were, and I ordered fish instead of a drink at a resterant. I started acting more like a tourist after that, lol.

wlrahilly · 26th October 2008, 08:24 PM

That is funny stuff. I never thought of doing that and I live in a very tourist type of place. Maybe I will break out my camera and take a few pics in my square.

andre2410 · 5th November 2008, 08:27 AM

Last time I go to another country, Dubai, I got more than 500 photos.
Since I think I won't go to Dubai again, I need to take picture and taste all food there.
I don't care about local people think about me because they don't know me :D