When traveling in a new country, it’s important to have a good time and learn or experience something new; but it’s even more important to be respectful of the place and the people you’re visiting. Failing to do so can, in the best case scenario, make you look foolish, and in the worst one, cause serious injuries or even death – there have been one too many stories in places like Iceland of people underestimating the power of Mother Nature or ignoring the safety signs provided. Members of Reddit’s ‘Travel’ community recently discussed the biggest “no nos” tourists have ever encountered—or even engaged in themselves—in a thread started by the user ‘danielgmal’. Their question encouraged quite a few netizens to share their stories, so if you’re interested in reading them, wait no longer and scroll down to find them on the list below, where you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with the OP themselves, who agreed to discuss the whats and whys behind the question.
LameFernweh , SCREEN POST / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Jellyfishjam99 , Francesco Ungaro / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
XenorVernix , Said / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
“So when I saw a flight to Faro, Portugal that was cheaper than a coach within my own city, I impulsively booked it. That was the first trip in what ended up being an unbroken three year chain of monthly trips to different countries.”
CraftyOpportunity618 , Mikhail Nilov / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Spezticcunt , DoD / wikimedia Report
“As a result, I’ve really gotten to know the continent of Europe and I’ve noticed that you can travel through several countries in a matter of hours and find traditions, cultures, and even laws totally change just in a matter of a few miles across a border.”
TradeApe , Andres Idda Bianchi / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
behemuthm , Lukas / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
WalkingEars , cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
“I also know there’s a lot of anti-tourist sentiment across Europe and elsewhere and I wanted to provoke a conversation about being a responsible and conscientious tourist, mindful of ‘rules’. Often there really are clear social rules, both spoken and unspoken, and this was a chance to emphasize them.”
pomoerotic , Elle Hughes / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
StakedPlainExplorer , FAICAL Zaramod / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
bromosabeach , Juan Felipe Ramírez / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
“It’s interesting, for example, to see the American confusion towards how seriously Italians take their food, as they will literally physically stop you from seasoning your food until you’ve tasted it, whereas Americans will often douse it in sauce and cheese as a reflex. For the Americans the personal liberty seems more important, and for the Italians respecting the work the chef put in takes precedence. Very different takes, but no one is ‘wrong’.”
Life_Temporary_1567 , Sami Abdullah / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
A_dalo , Wouter de Jong / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Tiiarae , Dylan Spangler / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
“In Southern Africa, it was very clear that I misjudged the mood by appearing in my shorts in front of my employers while walking to the bathroom early in the morning. They thought I was in my underwear and they had to explain that it wasn’t, in their view, modest or proper and our relationship never recovered,” the redditor shared, adding that to some extent, they posed the question on the subreddit looking for an alternative way to discover these sort of things instead of having to learn it the hard way.
anabanane1 , David Bartus / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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CaptNoNonsense , Armin Rimoldi / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
“In Germany, you can be naked in the public parks and many beaches, but I wouldn’t recommend trying that in Malta where nudism isn’t legal.”
eigenstien , Mathias Reding / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
WanderWorld3 , Çağrı KANMAZ / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Anutka25 , Beyzaa Yurtkuran / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
cheese_for_life , Salma Smida / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
One_Tart_9320 , Jess Loiterton / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
El_Gronkerino , Kampus Production / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
valpiccola_ , MART PRODUCTION / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
5minibill5 , Helena Lopes / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
4electricnomad , Simon Berge / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
10S_NE1 , Lucas Pezeta / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
staticagexx , Alexey Demidov / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
NArcadia11 , Sami Abdullah / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
passengerv , Wenjin G / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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