The Tourist Thing.......

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Which of your country's traditions would you say are a must see to a foreign tourist?
 

Well, normally I'd have to say it's the tradition of paying several hundred dollars for the privilege of standing in line for hours in the blinding heat and humidity, pressed together in a sweaty mass of humanity in order to get a glimpse of an underpaid employee dressed in a mouse suit. The tradition continues with paying what amounts to the GNP of a third-world country for a bottle of water and a Mickey Bar.

But, hey, it's the Happiest Place on Earth and you wouldn't want to miss it.....
 
The LDS temple in SLC, Ut. They flock to the temple like seagulls to the ocean. Except they are not allowed in the temple, 😂. They see a building. You can see it on line. The great Salt Lake, it’s a lake that’s salty. Looks like any other lake.

The salt flats are acres of ground that are white as they are topped by salt, kind of. Probably worth seeing as much as the acres of sunflowers in North Dakota which I found really impressive. Thousands of miles of sunflowers, as in where did you think sunflower seeds come from? 😮

The state parks in southern Utah, canyon lands, WOW, just WOW. Mother Nature at her most amazing. There are lots of things to see in Utah, but not a lot of things to do in Utah. It’s a boring place to live. Sidewalks are rolled up at 8, always have been, always will be. 😂
 
As far as traditions go, the first thing that popped in my mind was Halloween in the US. I know that most countries don't treat it as big of a deal so in normal circumstances I would suggest someone from another country stand on a corner in a typical neighborhood on Halloween night and watch the kids all dressed up in their costumes go door to door to "'beg" for candy. The only other tradition in the US that I can think of is a variety of July 4th celebrations across the country.
 
MarkinPhx said:
As far as traditions go, the first thing that popped in my mind was Halloween in the US. I know that most countries don't treat it as big of a deal so in normal circumstances I would suggest someone from another country stand on a corner in a typical neighborhood on Halloween night and watch the kids all dressed up in their costumes go door to door to "'beg" for candy. The only other tradition in the US that I can think of is a variety of July 4th celebrations across the country.
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Standing on a corner in a typical neighborhood watching children could either get you arrested or killed. Better not do this, ever.
 
What would symbolize the USA? There really is only one thing, and that's at a discount store on Black Friday., I know that doesn't sound quite like seeing the Liberty Bell, Mount Rushmore, nor the Statue Of Liberty, but it does tell tourists what our nation does. We are busy beavers making a buck- and we're good at it.
 
jujube said:
Well, normally I'd have to say it's the tradition of paying several hundred dollars for the privilege of standing in line for hours in the blinding heat and humidity, pressed together in a sweaty mass of humanity in order to get a glimpse of an underpaid employee dressed in a mouse suit. The tradition continues with paying what amounts to the GNP of a third-world country for a bottle of water and a Mickey Bar.

But, hey, it's the Happiest Place on Earth and you wouldn't want to miss it.....
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Ok, here we go:

Yellowstone National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Niagara Falls, Las Vegas (definitely "party-time"), Mt. Rushmore, Disney World in Orlando and, without a doubt, Dodge City, Kansas and CFD (Cheyenne Frontier Days) in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Mountains, wildlife, slot machines and cowboys............nothing else is needed!
 
take a walk on the boardwalk at a few Jersey shore towns. they're NOT all like that show "the jersey shore". Seaside (where that show was made is indeed TACKY beyond compare. Wildwood (way down on southern end... about the same though haven't been there in YEARS. Ocean City is the picture of Yuppi/Preppidom. a DRY town... not know for "partying"... total family place. Cape May is about as south as you can go... incredible, HUGE Victorian houses looking out over the Atlantic.
 
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