Condescending much? 'I am not a tourist" says every traveller. "What a tw*t tourist" says everybody else. What matters is not how you travel or where, but how respectful you are of the people and places you visit. Starting by I-am-not-like-others is a bad start.

So basically the difference is that travellers have a sense of superiority that gets them in dangerous situations and they can't shut up about how they're not just normal tourists. Got it.

Condescending b******t. In the eyes of the locals, you're always a tourist.

I hate this, I have friends with this attitude, they would tell me that I was a tourist and they were a traveller because I stayed in a hotel and they stayed in a hostel, yet we do the same things.

Or just enjoy different locations however you want. Be nice to people, respect local cultures, and realise that your choices/experiences may not be the same as other people's choices/experiences.

This is dumb...

For me: City tourist vs Nature tourist or City traveller vs Nature traveller

Shroff shared that in Asia, they see different traveling trends in different seasons. "During the summer months, the Indian destinations that are in the mountains get a lot of visitors. These places are generally in the northern Himalayan states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim. Apart from these cool places, people also travel to certain destinations in South-East Asia, which have a relatively dry season." That is it not an insight. It's been like that for hundreds of years ... for example the Colonial Hill Stations in India.

I hike and visit countries for their nature and landscapes, I try to stay away from tourist attractions by preference, I don't buy souvenirs and sometimes sleep in tents. Let's be real here, I'm still a tourist, there is no difference about the two except the activity, and are just as annoying for the locals if they don't behave.

You are a "senior community manager at Bored Panda", and yet you decided to post this? Please do enlighten us with your reasoning behind thinking this was a good idea. None, not one, of these posts is accurate in any aspect. In fact there is no difference between a "traveler" and a "tourist"..... you want the difference between Traveler and Tourist..... here: Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations. Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip.................Tourist: one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture...... so overall, the depiction that a traveler is more "cultured" i guess, is far from accurate.

How is this offending so many people? I've done both type of holidays. I see these as just funny stereotype comparisons neither being better than the other. 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

A lot of older people travel. Not very many of them can sleep in a tent, climb a mountain or hike. So they stay in motels and take a taxi.

So condescending! I think that IF you want a distinction between tourist & traveller, it would be that tourists only see the most popular spots, while travellers will go further to go where the locals go & learn about the culture. I don't really see a need to make the distinction, though. Everyone is different and should do what they enjoy.

This post deserves to be downvoted into oblivion.

"People love these 'Instagram-friendly' experiences like the giant swings in Bali, the coconut groves of Goa, or the water villas in Maldives," Shroff added." Which is exactly the behaviour being criticised in the first image! What an absolute hypocrite.

The most stereotypical post I have seen in a long while… it does not matter the difference, as long as you respect the nature and culture.

Wierd how hurt people are about this. I have not seen such visceral hate about travelers before. Is it not cool anymore, or what happened? I've seen a lot of hate for dogs recently too. Did we run out of reasonable things to hate? Why are we crying about this? I don't get it.

Wow, divisive much? I think that I understand the OP's personal theory in that a "tourist" is more likely to choose the known, tried-and-true experience while the traveller is open to wandering and letting something other than a travel agent or guide decide the next step. Both are good, both can be enlightening. I tend to agree with the original poster in that when "touring" I tend to let others tell me what to do and see because they are knowledgeable. When I'm "traveling" I put fate in charge and see where the next step takes me. Be a travelling tourist and experience all of it!

So according to this person, people with medical conditions or physical limitations or who are not adrenaline junkies can't be "travelers".

omg. What is this need for labels? Is one better than the other? What is the difference, anyway? I'm a traveller when vacationing. HOW I do it, is none of anyone else's business.

So I'm not angry at this but... Wasn't it mainly about tourists that want active exiting holidays and tourists that want easy relaxing holidays and maybe do some site seeing with the active ones rather going into nature and the i-just-want-to-relax ones rather going into the city?

I would rather go camping and exploring with the tourist, they're not a pick-me

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As someone who lives in an area that gets outdoorsy tourists all the time, this post is absolute dung. I would like to be judgmental about Tourists and Travellers as well Tourists care about THEIR OWN visit and are oblivious the the ways theh make others in the area, local or traveller, feel uncomfortable Tourists are more likely to junk a camp site and not pick up after themselves, despite laws prohibiting this behavior. Travellers respect that others want to use an area and will clean up at the end of their visit. Tourists are less likely to read up on safety regulations in an area and get their sh*t ransacked by bears because they didn't follow the proper precautions. Travellers make sure they understand the wildlife and take precautions. Tourists want to get to their destination as fast as humanly possible and may drive recklessly to get to their destination, sometimes getting into serious accidents. Travellers leave early to avoid the tourists on the road

For the very first time in BP i read stupid one

Can I downvote twice?

I created an account just so I could downvote this.