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Cancun was founded by the Mexican government…

April 5, 2022Weirdo

Cancun was founded by the Mexican government using computer models to find a nice spot for tourists.

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The melon drop scam was a con that…

September 19, 2021Weirdo

The melon drop scam was a con that targeted Japanese tourists. Scammers would buy a watermelon for a low price and then bump into an Asian tourist and charge them about $100 for the broken melon. This is due to the higher fruit prices in Japan. These days the scam involves any broken item.

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Nebraska’s state tourism slogan

July 22, 2021Weirdo

Nebraska’s state tourism slogan is “Nebraska. Honestly, It’s Not For Everyone”.

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Chris McCandless’s “Into the Wild” bus…

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021Weirdo

Chris McCandless’s “Into the Wild” bus in Alaska was removed from Denali after tourists kept getting severely injured or dying while trying to visit it.

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In the early 1800s, tourists visiting…

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020Weirdo

In the early 1800s, tourists visiting Plymouth Rock were provided a hammer so that they could take a piece of the rock as a souvenir. By 1880, what was left of the rock was fenced off.

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In 2009 the Wisconsin Tourism…

November 5, 2020Weirdo

In 2009 the Wisconsin Tourism Federation changed their name to the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin because, in the 30 years since its founding, WTF took on new meaning.

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Atomic tests were a tourist draw…

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020Weirdo

In 1950s, atomic tests were a tourist draw in Las Vegas. They advertised detonation times and best viewing spots to see the massive flash and mushroom cloud from the bomb test site, 65 miles away. Casinos flaunted their north-facing vistas, offering special “atomic cocktails” and “Dawn Bomb Parties”.

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Thanks to the U.S. version of the sitcom…

May 12, 2020Weirdo

Thanks to the U.S. version of the sitcom “The Office”, Scranton, Pennsylvania has gone from a former coal city into a major tourist attraction, revitalizing its downtown area.

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In Las Vegas during the 1950s…

January 20, 2020Weirdo

In Las Vegas during the 1950s, casinos offered “Atomic Tourism” in which guests could watch atomic bombs be tested in the desert as a form of entertainment.

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Queen Elizabeth once went for a walk…

November 24, 2019Weirdo

Queen Elizabeth once went for a walk near her Balmoral estate with one of her protection officers and met some American tourists who didn’t recognise her. They asked her if she’d ever met the Queen and she said “No”, then pointed to her officer and said “he has”. They didn’t connect the dots.

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