Timeline for How do you avoid "tourist traps" when traveling to a country where you do not speak the language?
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| Dec 21, 2017 at 10:49 | history | edited | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 6, 2014 at 16:03 | comment | added | the | I can recommend Wikivoyage over Wikitravel. WV is now part of the Wikimedia Foundation, whereas WT is owned by a not so nice company. | |
| Jan 27, 2012 at 20:22 | comment | added | Aarthi | You can see this in New York alone; I can walk to work either along Broadway or along a side street, and the side streets are just way, way cooler. | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 10:53 | comment | added | Michael Borgwardt | It's really funny just how self-defeating the concept of a tourist guide listing "authentic experiences" or "insider tips" is. I saw a documentary about a place in India where Lonely Planet mentioned that one restaurant served a very good omelette. There are now around that spot more than 20 restaurants serving nothing but omelettes and sporting huge billboards in English announcing it. | |
| Jul 26, 2011 at 15:43 | history | edited | VMAtm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 22, 2011 at 17:01 | comment | added | hippietrail | +1 for WikiTravel - you can correct mistakes and things you discover as well. HitchWiki is an indispensable addition if you're brave enough to hitchhike. +1 for "always walk off the main streets" too. This was amazing for me in Mumbai, India. (Sadly I can only vote up once) | |
| Jun 22, 2011 at 12:06 | history | answered | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |