15 Things To Avoid As A Tourist So You Don't Stand Out, According To Locals

From Redditor u/UtterDisbelief:

In New York: traveling in a pack of people. Stopping to look at things, such as tall buildings. (You should do this! That is what you came to do! It just identifies you as a tourist.) Going to Times Square. Holding a paper map. Wearing pastels. Looking like you have hope. Stopping in the middle of the sidewalk (it is okay to stop; just stand next to a building). Buying knockoff bags in Chinatown.

From Redditor u/scrapcats:

Wearing your backpack in front of you in New York; posing with cops for photos (I’ve never understood that one); stopping on subway stairs to check Google maps; pulling out an actual map; throwing your arm in front of someone who is walking in the opposite direction because you need to point at something; running onto the Staten Island ferry to get a great view of the [Statue of Liberty] and then complaining that you missed it because you stood on the wrong side of the boat; [and] being in a large group with a self-appointed leader who is usually a dad in mirrored sunglasses, New Balances, and a polo shirt tucked into denim shorts.

From Redditor u/URETHRAL_PAPERCUT:

Don't try and speak in what you think the accent of that country is. It's always wrong, even when it's good.

From all countries ever.

From Redditor u/cloudbusting:

If you're in San Francisco, don't call it "Frisco" or "San Fran."

From Redditor u/nuckingfuts73:

The giant backpacks. I did two Euro trips and I know how the giant backpacks are necessary, but the second I see them I assume they're a tourist, which is not always true.

From a former Redditor:

In Australia: Don't get so bloody sunburnt the second you get here; don't be obnoxiously loud in quiet places; take in your surroundings; and don't make a spectacle of yourselves.