What's legal in your country that is illegal in other countries, and which ones?

It's important to respect the laws when traveling to other countries.

As the saying goes, When in Rome, be a Roman.

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Dear Europeans,

I want to know what places that are very popular amongst tourists, but are overrated at the same time.

Assuming one could magically afford it.

Personally, I would love to live in Sweden or a Nordic country, but I'm way too bad to learn foreign languages.

Doesn't have to be Europe only.

For me it's all of those party + beach destinations like Ibiza, Mallorca, Lloret do Mar, Bali, Thailand, etc. I'm not a partying type of person so those destinations don't appeal to me at all.

I guess Las Vegas counts as one as well, except for the beach part that is, with gambling added to the mix. I'm sure the neons on that street look nice at night but I'm not travelling to another continent to spend time in a giant casino theme park. I've been to Monaco/Montecarlo already, so I don't see the need to go to Las Vegas.

Disneyworld in Florida doesn't interest me at all either. I've already been to Disneyland Paris as a kid. Sure, Disneyland is smaller but I'm not interested in visiting other Disney theme parks as an adult.

What about you?

Europe only

Tell me about your hidden gems so I can avoid touristy places.

A few European countries are overdependent on tourism. Politicians know that, and they have made public policy in such a way that tourists are attracted to their country. However, people working outside the hospitality or gastronomy sector may not always benefit from this.

For example, the Airbnbs across cities in Southern Europe have made some people very rich, but choked the housing supply. The country might be attracting tourism money, but maybe they are losing out on other economic development (for example, IT or Engineering, where you need plenty of housing to house qualified immigrants and locals).

People whose cities have a lot of tourists visiting, but are themselves not working in the tourism industry, is tourism really a good thing? Or do you think it takes away precious resources and creates jobs that are of low economic value?

Patras is the third largest city in Greece, but I've never been there.

As the title says: Which country outside the Western World would you like to visit/revisit and why?

What draws you to it? Is it the sites, food, culture, spirituality, some specific activities, historical significance, or something else?
If you've already been there, and would like to share your experiences, please feel free.

About what constitutes the Non-Western World, feel free to interpret your own way.

PS: Mentioning where you're from will give a better understanding of perspective. :)

I have not left Europe.

How far do you live from where you were born? If your family moved while you were a child how far do you live from where you grew up?

I’m interested how this might change across Europe.

Norway for me. Appreciated the winter landscapes but can't live in such environments for long.

I‘m from Innsbruck, Austria and people always tell me what a magnificent place it is. I have to agree, that the mountains are really awesome, but without them, the city itself isn’t really worth anyone’s time. I wonder what places in other countries might be similar in this regard

good morning I would like you to tell me what is considered system biggest tourist trap, that all tourists go to that point, when it is really not worth the time and money.

American here, Chicagoan specifically, and my city is one of maybe 3-4 in the US with a solid transit system. Often the excuse you hear here is that “the city wasn’t built with transit in mind, but with cars in mind.”

Many, many European cities have clean, accessible, easy transit systems - but they’ve been built in old, sometimes cramped cities that weren’t created with transit in mind. So how have you all been able to prioritize transit, culturally, and then find the space/resources/ability to build it, even in cities with aging infrastructure? Was there like a broad European agreement to emphasize mass transit sometime in the past 100 years?

A lot of countries vary throughout regions, cities and provinces. How different are things in your country? I.e. on the west coast of France vs. the eastern provinces? Or the northern end of Germany near the baltic vs. the southern end near Switzerland?

You can pick north vs. south, or east vs. west; but how much does it change?

For me it was a trip to Greece. I let my mother to take full control since she lives in Sweden. I’m traveling from US. It was supposed to be a nice a relaxing reunion. My daughter was younger then. We flew to Sweden first and then made the trip to Rhodes. Honestly, when we landed I imagined we would be taken to a place in town, just few minutes away. But sadly, I was mistaken . The taxi kept going, for about 45 minutes. They dropped us off in the middle of some fields next to a structure that looked like it was built in 70’s and nothing was improved since. We were handed a key and in the complete darkness we roamed around the property looking for our room. Room is a fancy word because I’d call it a prison cell. I wanted to cry. In the morning, we woke up to see that the pool was completely green. Sea was about an hour trek away. I just couldn’t believe we were actually paying money for this. Food was so gross, that rats that run all over that place wouldn’t touch it either. On the bright side, I’ve lost some weight!

Mom and I got into a fight and ever since, I’m in full control of planning! I may be spoiled, but vacation is meant to be relaxing.

Inspired by this post (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/s/hBlVlLjIxl): which city in Europe that you visited has the worst public transport system? Let's mostly include cities with a population of around 300K and higher.

If I wanted to plan a European vacation in November and my goal was to experience snow. What major cities can I visit that are safe and the locals speak English?

Basically a response question to the question asked about how travelling impacts your own countries issues.

What makes you appreciate your country even more upon return. In "we're not actually that bad at ___".

To me it's the police in the UK. They're largely great and far more amicable than the majority of others.