Undiscovered places (s/o of overtourism)

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mean places that other Americans don’t go to? Because most of these places in Europe that have been named as untouristy here are very popular with other Europeans. Just like the PP said, most Europeans don’t come to the US and go to the Outer Banks but of course that area is packed with American tourists. Places that literally have no visitors at all are probably either dangerous or not very interesting!

This is probably true! For example, I loved going to Sado-ga-Shima and the Ise islands when I was living in Tokyo. These were not destinations that were popular/“discovered” by American and European tourists, who generally (understandably) want to see the very famous sites and temples. But they’re both very popular destinations for local Japanese tourists. Like the example of the outer banks, international tourists rarely want to go to the local chill beach/hiking vacation spot — they can go to their preferred chill beach/mountain at home. They can only see the Eiffel Tower/Osaka Castle/the White House/the Taj Mahal/the Mona Lisa in exactly one place, so if they’re in that area of course they’re going to stop by and see it!

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Anonymous wrote:A few posters in that thread talk about finding under the radar places. I have found myself in uncrowded places, but that was mostly when I could travel off season. What uncrowded or undiscovered travels can we have in summer or spring break?

Into roughing it? Try the Quetico in Canada. You can go days without seeing another person.

Outer islands of the Philippines.

Interior Mexican towns not named San Miguel or Oaxaca.

Indonesian islands other than Bali, Java and Komodo.

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Arkansas
North Dakota
Saskatchewan

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Anonymous wrote:It's just impossible to avoid tourists. There are reasons why everyone goes to historical and beautiful places. Off-season is prob the only option to get clear of people. It's just too many people everywhere. I'm not sure OP where you think it's great to go that others in the age of Instagram haven't thought of. I mean I suppose you can go to Urbana IL to avoid people but is it really worth it? Come on, this is reality now - people are able to travel so they do. You either just do it and deal with it or don't. It's sad but there it is.

This really isn't true. We've been to amazing places where there are so few tourists that locals want photos with us and restaurant owners personally make us all their favorite dishes because they want to show us their culture.

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Robinson Crusoe Island—not in Fiji, but in Chile.

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Anonymous wrote:Malta

Tons of Europeans, but very few Americans.

Do you consider Brits to be Europeans?

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Don’t want DCUM types to show up so I’ll save my breath to cool my porridge

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t want DCUM types to show up so I’ll save my breath to cool my porridge

+1. I was thinking the same thing. I know several undiscovered places and I want to keep it that way.

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Funny, I was thinking about something related to this re DC the other day. The tourists go to the mall/monuments. But the locals go to Old Town Alexandria. Point being, I think the trick is to find out where locals in a particular country vacation within that country.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny, I was thinking about something related to this re DC the other day. The tourists go to the mall/monuments. But the locals go to Old Town Alexandria. Point being, I think the trick is to find out where locals in a particular country vacation within that country.

But if you’d never been to DC, wouldn’t the mall and monuments be the key things to see here? That’s why I don’t get this thread. Yes, anyone can find random untouristed spots in every place, but there won’t be much to see! I’m from London and when my friends come here they want to see the museums and monuments and if there is time we might go somewhere like Old Town, but I don’t think Old Town is anything special or worth the visit if you've flown miles to get here. Similarly when friends from here go to London and ask me for recommendations most of my suggestions are in central London because that is where most of the interesting sights are.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Malta

Tons of Europeans, but very few Americans.

Do you consider Brits to be Europeans?

Dangerous question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Generally if you go anywhere where English is not the main language, you will see fewer tourists. There are lots of places like this.

Like France, Turkey, Egypt and Greece?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Malta

Tons of Europeans, but very few Americans.

Do you consider Brits to be Europeans?

Dangerous question

Lol, not gonna touch it, huh?

they are very trashy in Malta, czech, Hungary, Maldives, canaries, oh hell the list is endless

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Malta

Tons of Europeans, but very few Americans.

Do you consider Brits to be Europeans?

No. Ever heard of Brexit?

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There are tons of videos from Americans who understand Japanese who were disheartened to hear all the anti-American trash talking they heard on their trips.

Think: Being called fat, ugly, stupid, etc.

You might want to learn those words as well.

The videos are equal parts hilarious and sad. The locals say it to their faces—often with a smile on their face.

Be prepared…or not. Not sure I’d want to know if people were making fun of me on vacation.

Where can I find them? Any links? I want to lol.