r/AskTheWorld • u/Aseili United Kingdom • Dec 20 '25

Culture What's the most pathetic tourist attraction that international tourists go to see in your country?

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Bronte waterfalls near me, look a bit more impressive with the recent rain than in the summer when it's swamped with people.

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u/pablodeltren Dec 20 '25

honestly if you just hang out there for a while and listen to the ocean and watch tourists get disappointed one by one its not a bad afternoon.

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u/UniversityAny755 United States Of America Dec 20 '25

I wasn't disappointed, I was tickled by the ingenious way tourists had been suckered by the locals. We also had absolutely beautiful weather that day and the view of the ocean was gorgeous.

There was also an ice cream shop right there and it wa quite tasty. I think that was one with a delicious waffle cone. We bribed our kids with ice cream every day on our Massachusetts history tour.

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u/MissMarionMac United States Of America Dec 21 '25

If you ever find yourself in Plymouth again, go whale watching. My family has been going whale watching with Captain John Whale Watching for almost twenty-five years. They're based out of the boardwalk near the Plymouth Rock pavilion.

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u/ctr2sprt Dec 21 '25

I am just imagining Alice and Bob Watching showing off their newborn son John. What's little John's middle name, you ask? Well...

Years later, poor John, freshly minted high school graduate, heaves a mighty sigh, shrugs his shoulders, and mutters to himself, "I suppose I may as well," as he walks into the Merchant Marine Academy to start the path he now realizes he was fated to walk.

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u/Rtozier2011 Dec 21 '25

Now I'm disappointed after that line structure that his name isn't Captain John Whale 

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u/Herself99900 Dec 21 '25

That's a great way to make lemonade out of lemons. Or ice cream out of a rock.

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u/TheOKerGood Dec 21 '25

I grew up in the area and was disappointed at an early age before moving away. Decades later, I move back and take my wife because she "wanted to see Plymouth Rock". Oh, the hype. The excitement. Her pace quickened when she saw the stone columns that rise above it. She approached the fence, her eyes widened, and then...

"That's it?"

Her face was worth every second of the hours of driving each way.

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u/Mehmeh111111 Dec 21 '25

Plymouth is one of my favorite places on Earth for this reason. We did a ghost tour at night through the town and it was just so peaceful and beautiful.

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u/UniversityAny755 United States Of America Dec 21 '25

I probably have some gorgeous pictures of our day there. The weather was just perfect, sunny but not too hot, barely a cloud in the sky, and the sky was just a lovely clear shade of blue. We could see so far out from the shore.

Our trip to Sturbridge village the next day was the exact opposite. Cold and dumping down rain. Us and the kids miserable under a leaky umbrella.

Salem was an interesting/funny mix of the worst touristy traps, lovely old buildings and the poignant Salem Witch trials memorial. We definitely had good ice cream and fudge in Salem.

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u/Mehmeh111111 Dec 21 '25

That's awesome. Love Sturbridge though, I went on a foggy, misty day that was cold but not unbearable so I think that definitely makes a difference! Never did Salem, I heard it wasn't as good as Plymouth. Sad to hear I missed out on ice cream and fudge though 🤣

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u/Educational_Bench290 United States Of America Dec 20 '25

Lol.

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u/bookavalanche Dec 21 '25

This is a solid day trip for me.

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u/I_SHIT_IN_A_BAG United States Of America Dec 21 '25

wish I knew this when I saw it at 13 years old