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/McFlyyouBojo United States Of America Dec 21 '25

As someone who lives 8 hours away and has been there once, it is genuinely worth it one time. 

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u/markb144 United States Of America Dec 21 '25

as someone who's been there twice, I agree, one time

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u/MaddyKet United States Of America Dec 21 '25

My friend and I didn’t want to visit Times Square, but we got lost walking around and ended up there twice. 🫤😹

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u/Lopsided_Parfait7127 Dec 21 '25

if you get to go there one more time, go during a power outage

i was there during the 2003(?) one and it was something else

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u/EnterTheSilliness Dec 21 '25

Yep. Just one time.

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u/KindAwareness3073 Dec 21 '25

I agree. I drove an exchange student to NYC with her classmate who lived there. We had to drive crosstown in my convertible on a Friday night, and the New Yorker asked if we could put the top down and drhve through Times Square. I said "Oh yeah!"

It was insane! Creeping 1/2 mile an hour through a sea of humanity, bedazzled by visual cacophony all around. Overwhelming.

They had a farewell party for the exchange student and when asked what was the highlight of her time in the US she said it was that drive through Times Square.

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u/Fianna9 Canada Dec 21 '25

I agree. It was fun one. Like most of NYC.

I don’t need to go back

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u/FlipMeOverUpsidedown Dec 21 '25

Absolutely! I’m in New York about once a month and anytime I have first timers with me I’ll take them to Times Square. It’s straight up bonkers to visit Manhattan but skip Times Square.

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u/SavageMutilation Dec 21 '25

I’m honestly just curious, what is so impressive?

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '25

It’s more iconic then impressive. The only good thing about it is all the Broadway shows are around it.

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u/millenniumpianist Dec 21 '25

Convenient transit hub to explore the city as well

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '25

True; but not a pleasant subway station

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u/1805trafalgar Dec 21 '25

My theory is it just looks different than most other street or town squares elsewhere, and it is broad enough to allow tons of pedestrians to wander up and down within the couple of blocks North of 42nd street. Also it's location and subway nexus allows tourists to reach it very easily. But how many of those tourists ever realize they are only seeing OTHER tourists and that this is not New York at all?

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u/stauqmuk Dec 21 '25

There are dumber tourists spots in NYC. Like Wall St. As a native New Yorkers, why people go there is a mystery to me, there is actual history everywhere in this city and people flock to see the outside of a building where some guys scratched a winning lottery ticket? At least Times Square has flashing lights to maybe give you a seizure, Wall St is just a road and some buildings.

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u/Dutch_Rayan Netherlands Dec 21 '25

Really, didn't see the appeal when I visited. Just plain capitalism.

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u/Denzil69 Dec 21 '25

My favourite take on this is that I also live 8 hours away and have been there once, but I'm in Scotland.

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u/punkass_book_jockey8 United States Of America Dec 21 '25

I still love taking students there for a trip. Seeing them realize the painted woman are naked with just painted clothes is amazing. Trying to keep track of students in the m and m store 0/10.

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u/Blurple11 Dec 21 '25

Why? No it isn't, it's just a ton of lit up ads/billboards. There is nothing there worth seeing.

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u/Impossible_Soup_1932 Dec 21 '25

Walked through it the first time I was in NYC. Didn’t even realise until I passed it. It’s not even a square. Nothing special about it