Tourists have earned their entitled reputation.
People mostly travel for two reasons; to see other parts of the world, and to see themselves in other parts of the world.
Unfortunately, far too many tourists fall into that second category, and they're the reason travelers are universally hated. Combine a given disposable income with a bit of entitlement, and you have a golden combo for blind stupidity. Here are 17 naughty and destructive tourists who should have just stayed home.
1
This clueless tourist tried to pull the rotor-brake on a helicopture tour, which would have caused them to fall out of the sky.
2
Multiple tourists deface the Roman Colosseum.
4
Hawaii tourists drive into a lake 'The Office' style because GPS 'Told her to.'
5
Entitled tourist mobbed after climbing sacred Mayan pyramid.
6
And another, this time beaten with a stick.
7
Someone also let their dogs climb it.
8
Finnish tourist broke off the ear of a Moai figure on Easter Island.
9
Thrill seekers illegally climb to the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
10
Karen decides scaling Rome’s Trevi Fountain is the easiest way to re-fill her water bottle.
11
Graffiti in Luxor, Egypt.
12
Graffiti on an ancient Taiwanese wall in Chiang Mai.
13
Guys topple the Goblin rocks in Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park.
14
Tourists deface 460 year old Vasari Corridor in Florence.
16
Tourists in Hawaii disregard lifeguard instructions, and get swept by waves.
17
Tourists scratch their car under one of California’s giant Redwood trees.
