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If you are heading to Niagara Falls this year, get ready to pay up, a new report warns.
Excerpt from Toronto Star
Other offenders include Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco and Las Ramblas in Barcelona according to a new report on travel destinations and prices.
If you're heading to Niagara Falls this year, get ready to pay up, a new report warns.
The iconic attraction is seventh in the world for being a "tourist trap," the report by vacation rental company Casago finds, ranking it as the worst culprit in Canada.
It defines a tourist trap as a travel destination with establishments that target tourists with overpriced experiences and souvenirs.
Analysts at Casago searched TripAdvisor for thousands of reviews on attractions around the globe and searched for the phrase "tourist trap." They ranked the attractions based on the number of times the phrase was used.
The report highlights one Falls reviewer who complained that "every attraction dumped you into a gift shop."
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