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tourist trap

–noun
a place, as a restaurant, shop, or hotel, that exploits tourists by overcharging.
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tourist trap  
n.  A place, such as a shop or resort area, that offers overpriced goods and services to tourists.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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tourist trap

  1. n.
    a place set up to lure tourists in to spend money. (Can be a shop, a town, or a whole country.) : It looked like a tourist trap, so we didn't even stop the car.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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