Lots of people enjoy traveling from their far-flung American hometowns here, to the "Big Apple," the "City That Never Sleeps," a place "Where Stars Are Born," and "You Will Probably Get Robbed." Please, gentle tourists, heed this Public Service Announcement: Do not let anyone "borrow" your credit card, here in…
Following the discovery of charred human remains beside a campfire in French Polynesia, European rumormongers fretted that Stefan Ramin—a German tourist who went missing while vacationing on the island of Nuku Hiva—had been eaten by cannibals.
Hey, has anyone seen Dutch stamp collector Willem van der Bijl? He went to North Korea in July to buy some of the country's stamps, and his family hasn't heard from him since. Oh! There he is! In the Pyongyang Times, extensively praising North Korean elections in a personal essay!
If New York City seemed especially smart last night, it's because Sarah Palin and Donald Trump dined together over a slice of Famiglia pizza in Times Square.
The Netherlands' right-wing coalition government announced yesterday that it will ban tourists from weed-selling coffee shops by the end of the year, effectively giving the finger to backpackers everywhere. And while we generally support liberal drug laws, and have no fondness for Geert Wilders' anti-Muslim Freedom…
Texas tourist pied piper, the Naked Cowboy, had an unexpected guest today in Times Square. It was Larry the Cable guy, who also donned the Naked Cowboy's trademarked diaper (no really, he has that thing trademarked) to film an episode of his reality show. This is just the worst.
Here's footage taken by an intrepid German tourist (and railroad enthusiast) of the 42nd Street Times Square subway stop back in 1986.
About 48.7 million tourists visited New York last year, which is a new record. Seemingly none of them followed the rules.
[Kim Kardashian helped open the Charmin bathroom in Times Square today, so fat tourists will all have a place to tinkle as they do their Christmas consuming. This is the pinnacle of American kulture. Image via AP]
Remember that Improv Everywhere "sidewalk tourist lane" prank? London is taking it to heart, with an actual proposal to divide its busy Oxford Street sidewalks into slow and fast lanes. Cute. But their plan has two prominent flaws.
Hey, look: Ground Zero has a Yelp page. And it's only got four stars! We know Yelpers can be harsh, but can't the site of one of the century's defining moments catch a break?
A group of German filmmakers were in town shooting a commercial and spent their downtime making this killer short film about life in New York. It's like the best home movie of a New York visit you'll ever see.
The Marc by Marc Jacobs accessories store on Bleecker Street in the West Village is always a nasty mess of horrible tourists waiting in line. Well, one local resident is imploring her neighbors to fight back.
What are the most annoying things about New York City? The New York Post surveyed 300 New Yorkers to find out. The number-one thing that annoys New Yorkers? Other New Yorkers. Number two? Non-New Yorkers.
New York City is on track to have a record number of tourists this year and will see 47.5 million visitors in 2010, according to industry projections. Let's just hope all those newcomers know how to behave! [WCBS, photo: Shutterstock]
A French tourist slipped off the edge of the Grand Canyon while taking pictures and fell 75 feet. But he survived! Now he has a great story to tell, and "Falling Into the Grand Canyon" has a Yelp review. [AP]
The sports-themed chain restaurant/tourist trap ESPN Zone shut down five U.S. locations today, including the one in Times Square. One less place in NYC for you to never go to except when your cousins from Duluth visit! [Image via Getty]
Tourists suck. Use this map to avoid them in New York. Using Flickr's geotagging feature, Eric Fisher created this heat map showing where tourists took pictures versus where locals did. Red is tourists, blue is locals. (Click to enlarge.)
Remember when an anonymous genius divided the sidewalk on Fifth avenue into lanes for "tourists" and "New Yorkers?" Turns out it was Improv Everywhere—the same folks behind the annual No Pants Subway Ride. Click through for their video.
Today our very own urban culturalist Brian Moylan laid out some ground rules for summertime New York tourists. They were harsh, but fair. But one poor commenter about to visit the city got scared and needs more advice. Help them!
