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How to Be A Tourist in Your Own City

July 22, 2025 • Kat Cox & Tiffany Verbeck • Episode 83

Traveling is great, but in this economy?! As anti-tourist sentiments heat up abroad, finding ways to enjoy your local area as a tourist destination is a better idea than ever. Get ideas and tips from Tiff and Kat on how to play tourist in your town to increase your local pride and hey, be a more conscientious tourist wherever you go!

Sources:

NY Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/arts/design/louvre-staff-strikes-tourism.html
ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/us-travelers-amid-anti-tourism-protests-europe/story?id=122771547
Global Rescue - https://www.globalrescue.com/common/blog/detail/us-policy-shifts-impact-american-travelers-negative-perception/
The Points Guy - https://thepointsguy.com/news/new-travel-survey-2025/
Vox - https://www.vox.com/even-better/23801678/explore-your-city-tourist
https://www.stateparks.org/

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