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Tourist Vs Traveller

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PromiseCadet 8 years ago

i like to visit rare and unreachable places

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EdSheeranIsBae 8 years ago

Pfft I'm a Traveller and I always hang out with other people :L

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KellyHuang 8 years ago

actually I would probably do both

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JaroS 8 years ago

Looks like our traveler is missing a tripod (according to #1) :P

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ChristineMcQuery 8 years ago

It's the difference between cheap generic c**p that's pushed onto out of towners versus buying a momento that captures the essence of the memory.

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AutumnBomb 8 years ago

You can be a traveler and do both of these things. Taking a cab in a foreign place is an adventure too!

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MelissaG 8 years ago

All of these assume that travellers are outdoorsy.

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AutumnBomb 8 years ago

It just depends...

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MelissaG 8 years ago

That's illegal in America.

35points

BronwenScott 8 years ago

Wow. Hitchhiking is illegal in America? I always considered hitching an informal method of carpooling . . .

2points

CatherineHenry 8 years ago

Don't know if the law has changed but it was only illegal to hitch on the interstates when I went down the east coast back in '96.

2points

TJWeisenbergerII 8 years ago

Only in certain states.

1point

Ruellen 8 years ago

Is it, really? I live in Europe and I never realized that.

1point

ErickBurgosParra 8 years ago

That's not illegal in America. Maybe in USA but not in all America.

1point

GarethJones 8 years ago

So?

1point

AlexandraMariaRusu 8 years ago

Hitch hiking is illegal in America? So no one does it anymore?

1point

MaggieGroverBacher 8 years ago

not necessarily http://hitchwiki.org/en/United_States_of_America

1point

NelsonPenaherrera 8 years ago

True

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MayerhoferBettina 8 years ago

what's not illegal ? everythink seems to be regulated and ruled - i thought america is proud of his "liberty" but it's more restricetd than in the "old world"

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MattDemarigny 8 years ago

land of freedom? lol

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PelleJohansen 8 years ago

why the f**k would hitchhiking be illegal. Its a voluntayr agrement between adults. It hurst no one. is it illegal in all states

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Jp 8 years ago

Week then it must depends EN the part of the country since you so many auto stoppers in movies

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ThagorasOmicron_Gonzalo 8 years ago

Shut up killjoy Americans

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KonradUlanowski 8 years ago

In Polnad is legal ;)

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IlzeBertule 8 years ago

that tells smth about America as well ;)

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DanLerman 8 years ago

Maybe in the United States, I've hitchicked all over south America.

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DanLerman 8 years ago

Maybe in the United States, I've hitchicked all over south America

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AnaLeban 8 years ago

For real? I can't imagine roads without hitchhikers in Slovenia.

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SiriaPiña 8 years ago

In America or USA? i think you' are wrong

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AdaraDiego 8 years ago

REALLLY??? WHY?? just one thing, you say "AMERICA", but I'm American too - from Argentina

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EliškaGremenová 8 years ago

you cant hitchhike?? why?

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CherylanneSaywell 8 years ago

Is hitchhiking illegal???

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PseftisRiropoulos 8 years ago

f**k illegality ;)

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PseftisRiropoulos 8 years ago

F**k illegality :) ;)

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LucianaAguzzoli 8 years ago

Silly, very silly post... After visiting over 35 countries and living abroad for over 4 years in 3 different countries I've learned one thing: travellers don't judge people, they don't categorise or patronize them. Very silly post!

10points

fredericeeckman 8 years ago

Amen to that... It feels like this article was just written to "glorify" the traveller who wrote it. It reminds me of hipsters, keeping on listening to music nobody EVER heard, spraying their science about everything (especially when nobody asked them), and pretending so hard that they are so not mainstream (when hipsters WAS a fashion thing). Tanks god, people like you show what a real traveller is.

5points

CindyPiper 8 years ago

You forgot the image of the hitchhiker getting kidnapped.

7points

JessicaTichy 8 years ago

My boyfriend and I hitched from Ny to Cali. All good experiences. But instead of sticking our thumbs out on the side of the road we would chat with people at gas stations, then ask for a ride if the vibe was right.

3points

MariaJose 8 years ago

Are all travellers penniless?

3points

NargesMdm 8 years ago

RIP traveler!

3points

DanielStrange 8 years ago

.... that can get you killed in Australia, anyone hear of wolf creek?

2points

MelissaG 8 years ago

Okay, yes, I apologize, I meant USA - it's a habit for those of us from the U.S. to just say "American". I didn't mean any offense. It's illegal in almost all states, probably because it's potentially so dangerous. http://www.hitchhiker.50megs.com/custom.html

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SaschaWalton 8 years ago

Thanks for correcting that usa/america confusion. 'Potentially so dangerous..' All my hitchhiking experiences were good ones. I think states/ countries should let people decide what they want to do.

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deep rana 5 years ago

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Aracely Moran 8 years ago

Well, if you're a woman.. alone.. say somewhere in El Salvador (my country), India, Jordan... etc I wouldn't recommend you hitchhiking... lol. You can still be a traveler stay in a hotel, hostel, sleep in an actual bed and not be among the crowds on foreigners.

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Caïus-cassius Clay 8 years ago

WTF? this is illegal in usa? i know why i think it's a sick country now.

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Júlia Schulz 8 years ago

That's suicide in Brazil

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GinoArduini 8 years ago

and fun everywhere else...

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DougFresh 8 years ago

This just goes for life in general. Go and do things your way. Not how everyone else does.

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AnnariDuPlessis 8 years ago

It's too dangerous

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PaolasmARTraveller 8 years ago

misrepresentation

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JayneMajor 8 years ago

Not to mention downright dangerous in some countries

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ChrisEstrada 8 years ago

Wait till you a*s is picked up by rapest lets see how well hitch hiking goes

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SusanMoore 8 years ago

Maybe fifty years ago hitching was save, now no matter where you are do not do it.

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AnaSavanovic 8 years ago

I am rider & traveller

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GustavoMendiolaza 8 years ago

And that is how the traveller got butt raped and left for dead on the side of a Columbian dirt road.

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ToddRainer 8 years ago

Nope, nope, nope... Bed. Then Restaurants.

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RyanPhung 8 years ago

Actually #2 is a tourist. Who would come to India to do parachuting? :-/

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IweMuiser 8 years ago

Oh, it's a commercial

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ToddRainer 8 years ago

Oh, I get it...this is just an ad for their app... f*****g LAME Boredpanda... f*****g LAME.

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I joined Bored Panda as an image editor back in 2014, during its early stages. It's been quite a journey since then! Over time, I transitioned through different roles until I eventually became the Content Lead. In this position, I now oversee the creation of the viral content published here on Bored Panda. While my primary focus lies in raising awareness about important social issues like gender and race equality, as well as mental health topics, I also enjoy sharing lighter content, such as memes, cat images and intriguing world curiosities. Outside of work, you'll likely find me engaged in one of five activities: planning a vacation, browsing thrift stores, experimenting in the kitchen, watching movies, or spending quality time with my two cats.

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TeodorIvanov 8 years ago

That's an article full of cliches and misinterpreted categorizing.

71points

JonRyan 8 years ago

I travelled for over 15 years, and I think this is mostly bollocks.

43points

AlmaSadikovic 8 years ago

b******t

31points

ZsófiaPáll 8 years ago

This might be the first "article" in BoredPanda that I really dislike. It feels like the author is a traveller and wants to take the "I am the coolest" credit while saying that the tourist is a show-off a**e. The beauty of travelling is totally missed in this one and that is a thing that both tourists and travellers share: the love of discovering new places, in whatever way it feels right and nice to us. Plus, the two things doesn't exclude one another. I can be a traveller and a tourist at the same time, even in the manner of this article.

25points

saynogo 8 years ago

the whole thing is just an ad anyhow.

4points

BrendaStones 8 years ago

I'm detecting a note of snobbery here.

11points

saynogo 8 years ago

I think this is insulting to both tourists and travelers. A bunch of over simplified and outdated cliches, which amount to nothing but an elitist advertisement.

10points

KarolínaHrichová 8 years ago

Tourist shaming is one of douche-filters I apply on potential friends. Like come on. You're not better for sleeping in the motherfing woods. Just fking enjoy your bloody life and stop making other people feel less valid.

7points

NicholasHamilton 8 years ago

What a load of pretentious nonsense. This isn't the difference between tourist and traveller, it is the difference between tourist and hipster tourist

6points

JoséBranco 8 years ago

Hipster is now the generic and meaningless name to "stuff people do differently than I do and act snobbish about" apparentl

1point

TessaKalkhoven 8 years ago

This is absolute b******t. I don't agree with any of these comparisons. Not one. Logically actually, just look up the meaning of tourist in the dictionary: a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure. A traveler according to the dictionary: a person or thing that travels. A tourist can be a traveler and a traveler is often a tourist.

3points

SaskiaNuschke 8 years ago

Hm, I think you can also be a traveller, if you are not into camping and hitchhiking ....

3points

JanetL.Music 8 years ago

All are tourists, only 'travelers' are snooty about it. There's evidence that 'travelers' leave a bigger environmental footprint.

2points

JanelleVeres 8 years ago

This is dumb. So to be a traveler I have to sleep in a tent and only wear 1 shirt and never see any major symbols of the place I'm seeing? I love to travel to experiance the local flair but I don't sleep in a tent and I don't miss out on seeing what I want to see and I bring more then one shirt. I'm not going to sleep outside in Iceland in November .

2points

Rental Cars 8 years ago

It's so popular issue. Nowadays there are a lot of "travellers" and "travel bloggers" who is pretending to travel exciting but, in fact, they don't travel for enjoyment, they explore for content. Indeed, travelling might be very complicated: to understand correctly the country, to interact with locals, to understand their language and dialects. There is a huge difference between traveller and tourist.

1point

fredericeeckman 8 years ago

I think instead of "traveller vs Tourist" it should have been "mainstream vs hipster", it's exactly the same sh*t we could find about it...

1point

NicholasHamilton 8 years ago

load of pretentious nonsense

1point

TessaKalkhoven 8 years ago

Absolute b******t.

1point

LauBustamante 8 years ago

How can I rate this? Bunch of c**p

1point

PamHoffman 8 years ago

STUPID STUPID STUPID I have traveled the World and this has No relevance whatsoever. Disappointing.

1point

JonathanPumphrey 8 years ago

absolute nonsense.

1point

JoeTorres 8 years ago

Stupid. Waste of my good eye site.

1point

DianaCrunChewyWatson 8 years ago

Ended up being an add for some travel app. I'm getting super sick of these sites sneaking ads onto us.

1point

ChrisBasha 8 years ago

Definitely a tourist, 100%

1point

Optima Travels 8 months ago

The best pictorial depiction of differences between a tourist and a traveler https://www.optimatravels.com/

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Telugu Tech Real 4 years ago

fantastic article thanks for sharing, I appereciate your work

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Global World 4 years ago

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Adventures Dream 4 years ago

https://www.adventuresdream.com/

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Adventures Dream 4 years ago

In my opinion you have well describe traveler. Keep going! Adventures Dream https://www.adventuresdream.com/

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Enrique Frederick 8 years ago

ttghthht

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Silent Skeleton 8 years ago

The first one is true, none of the others are, though...

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Neeraj Kumar 8 years ago

it means i am a traveler

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Bob Skiba 8 years ago

Silliest generalizations I've ever seen.

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David Lewis 8 years ago

To the locals you're a tourist no matter how much you think you're a savvy traveller. So what I'm saying is, Who the f**k cares?

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Beth Wright 8 years ago

Lame, just lame Thumbs Down !

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Christopher 8 years ago

Traveller or budget concern tourist ???

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Christopher 8 years ago

Traveller or low budget tourist?

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ElizabethKnight 8 years ago

What's with the shaming of people who wanna sleep on a bed and not a hammock, or the idea that if you are in a city and not climbing a mountain you are a tourist not a traveler. You can do aaaalllll the things in any of these pictures and be a tourist or a traveler. It just depends on how you pay attention. Also, what's so f*****g wrong with being a tourist? This "srticle" is so lame.

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LaurenSommerville 8 years ago

Ugggh...this article is so "posh" and "oooh look at me, being adventurey!" Just go where you wanna go and take photos however you friggin' want! Geez

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AgustinaFerrer 8 years ago

Boreed Panda , did you start with adds? So sad.

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Isabelle09 8 years ago

Pretentious

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LauricyLeal 8 years ago

some are true, others... depends on your point of view! I would never ask a stranger for a ride , nice to be traveller but mum thought me not to ask a ride to a stranger :P!

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CathyNestor 8 years ago

While I understand the conceptual difference which the author is attempting to illustrate, I agree with the others that this is full of stereotypes and not really representative of either a tourist or a traveller. I fancy myself a little of both, although I would never hitchhike or ride a motorcylce, and I don't lug tripods when travelling overseas.

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AltanirFlores 8 years ago

Quanta baboseira. O importante é sair e conhecer o mundo.

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KatinkaMin 8 years ago

If there is any difference between a tourist and a traveller (we really are all tourists if we just travel in a country, no matter how hip our instagram pics might be) it's that tourists leaves more money in the foreign country, create jobs and give tips.

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JaimeFe 8 years ago

I consistently travel at least a month every year. This is b******t. Really bad and misleading.

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CristiGregory 8 years ago

You're a better person if you're a traveler & not a tourist? Why the judgement? I choose tourist & will see the Eiffel Tower & Taj Mahal!

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AlexGreen 8 years ago

I think calling this Tourist VS Traveler isn't right. It should be something like indoorsy travelers vs outdoorsy travelers. I mean I don't think I'm a tourist or a traveler really, however I love the mountains and whenever I go I do all of the above on both sides. Sometimes drive, other times hike, I'm a photographer so sometimes shoot photographs, other times take photos of myself/family with a nice background for memories, etc.

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AnaSavanovic 8 years ago

I dont think, I ride :)

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Inzane_sniper 8 years ago

"Adventurer" should be there...

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Doart 8 years ago

Very simplistic article, based on silly clichès.

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Shablul 8 years ago

This is mostly outdoors vs city stuff then travelers vs tourists

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DwiPurwanti 8 years ago

This article shows us the differences between regular travellers and backpackers. There! Haha

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NoraSheedy 8 years ago

I like traveler more

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Leiah 8 years ago

Everyone who is upset about this need to take a chill pill. I find this absolutely hilarious. If you haven't seen a TRUCK-LOAD of 'tourists' that come all at once and hog one touristy spot all to themselves, then decide to take a photo of each of every 30-something of them... then you haven't traveled enough!

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AleksandraGeorgieva 8 years ago

This post is totally wrong...and i really dont care what i am tourist or a traveller ....

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AuroraDelCarmen 8 years ago

Definitely a traveler for 42 years...... And still to come!

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DanielTkach 8 years ago

This does not make any sense...

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ValeriaBaburina 8 years ago

b******t and cliches. u can be a traveler on a tourist route and even it a 5* resort, you can be a tourist atop of everest. it's not about crowds or amenities, it's about mindset.

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MagalieHalsey 8 years ago

its lack of quality would be acceptable if there was a warning at the beginning of the article that this was a sponsored post; at least we'd know not to expect something realistic.

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KimberleyLandsman 8 years ago

It doesn't matter, I don't differentiate. I just know that they're welcome starting in May and they need to leave by October 1st.

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TrevorHill 8 years ago

Done both but the "traveller" looks a bit touristy at times.

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JeanneDeaux 8 years ago

Mostly a traveler. For some things I'm on the side of the tourist in terms of organisation.

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KathrynMilligan 8 years ago

Yup definately associating with the "traveller" section

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BoredGiraffe 8 years ago

This is a wonderful post, and I just wanted to say.... For all the people who commented things like "travelers can do that, too" or "noo, it would be the other way around....." This is really just showing the MOST LIKELY tourist/traveller actions, obviously a tourist can climb a mountain or a traveller can hail a cab....people shouldn't critize BoredPanda for that....some posts are just different that others, for good or for bad. Sorry for anyone who thinks different and I didn't mean to offend anybody.

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SamDashti 8 years ago

do you work for holdify? i think you do. This post is BAD, there is no other way to put it.. its pretentious, unthought out and plain stupid. plus its a blatant ad for this stupid app.

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TeodorIvanov 8 years ago

That's an article full of cliches and misinterpreted categorizing.

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JonRyan 8 years ago

I travelled for over 15 years, and I think this is mostly bollocks.

43points

AlmaSadikovic 8 years ago

b******t

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ZsófiaPáll 8 years ago

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saynogo 8 years ago

the whole thing is just an ad anyhow.

4points

BrendaStones 8 years ago

I'm detecting a note of snobbery here.

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saynogo 8 years ago

I think this is insulting to both tourists and travelers. A bunch of over simplified and outdated cliches, which amount to nothing but an elitist advertisement.

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KarolínaHrichová 8 years ago

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NicholasHamilton 8 years ago

What a load of pretentious nonsense. This isn't the difference between tourist and traveller, it is the difference between tourist and hipster tourist

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JoséBranco 8 years ago

Hipster is now the generic and meaningless name to "stuff people do differently than I do and act snobbish about" apparentl

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TessaKalkhoven 8 years ago

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SaskiaNuschke 8 years ago

Hm, I think you can also be a traveller, if you are not into camping and hitchhiking ....

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JanetL.Music 8 years ago

All are tourists, only 'travelers' are snooty about it. There's evidence that 'travelers' leave a bigger environmental footprint.

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JanelleVeres 8 years ago

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Rental Cars 8 years ago

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fredericeeckman 8 years ago

I think instead of "traveller vs Tourist" it should have been "mainstream vs hipster", it's exactly the same sh*t we could find about it...

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NicholasHamilton 8 years ago

load of pretentious nonsense

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TessaKalkhoven 8 years ago

Absolute b******t.

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LauBustamante 8 years ago

How can I rate this? Bunch of c**p

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PamHoffman 8 years ago

STUPID STUPID STUPID I have traveled the World and this has No relevance whatsoever. Disappointing.

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JonathanPumphrey 8 years ago

absolute nonsense.

1point

JoeTorres 8 years ago

Stupid. Waste of my good eye site.

1point

DianaCrunChewyWatson 8 years ago

Ended up being an add for some travel app. I'm getting super sick of these sites sneaking ads onto us.

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ChrisBasha 8 years ago

Definitely a tourist, 100%

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Optima Travels 8 months ago

The best pictorial depiction of differences between a tourist and a traveler https://www.optimatravels.com/

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Telugu Tech Real 4 years ago

fantastic article thanks for sharing, I appereciate your work

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Global World 4 years ago

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Adventures Dream 4 years ago

https://www.adventuresdream.com/

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Adventures Dream 4 years ago

In my opinion you have well describe traveler. Keep going! Adventures Dream https://www.adventuresdream.com/

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Enrique Frederick 8 years ago

ttghthht

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Silent Skeleton 8 years ago

The first one is true, none of the others are, though...

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Neeraj Kumar 8 years ago

it means i am a traveler

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Bob Skiba 8 years ago

Silliest generalizations I've ever seen.

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David Lewis 8 years ago

To the locals you're a tourist no matter how much you think you're a savvy traveller. So what I'm saying is, Who the f**k cares?

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Beth Wright 8 years ago

Lame, just lame Thumbs Down !

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Christopher 8 years ago

Traveller or budget concern tourist ???

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Christopher 8 years ago

Traveller or low budget tourist?

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ElizabethKnight 8 years ago

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LaurenSommerville 8 years ago

Ugggh...this article is so "posh" and "oooh look at me, being adventurey!" Just go where you wanna go and take photos however you friggin' want! Geez

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AgustinaFerrer 8 years ago

Boreed Panda , did you start with adds? So sad.

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Isabelle09 8 years ago

Pretentious

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LauricyLeal 8 years ago

some are true, others... depends on your point of view! I would never ask a stranger for a ride , nice to be traveller but mum thought me not to ask a ride to a stranger :P!

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CathyNestor 8 years ago

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AltanirFlores 8 years ago

Quanta baboseira. O importante é sair e conhecer o mundo.

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KatinkaMin 8 years ago

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JaimeFe 8 years ago

I consistently travel at least a month every year. This is b******t. Really bad and misleading.

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CristiGregory 8 years ago

You're a better person if you're a traveler & not a tourist? Why the judgement? I choose tourist & will see the Eiffel Tower & Taj Mahal!

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AlexGreen 8 years ago

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AnaSavanovic 8 years ago

I dont think, I ride :)

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Inzane_sniper 8 years ago

"Adventurer" should be there...

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Doart 8 years ago

Very simplistic article, based on silly clichès.

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Shablul 8 years ago

This is mostly outdoors vs city stuff then travelers vs tourists

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DwiPurwanti 8 years ago

This article shows us the differences between regular travellers and backpackers. There! Haha

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NoraSheedy 8 years ago

I like traveler more

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Leiah 8 years ago

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AleksandraGeorgieva 8 years ago

This post is totally wrong...and i really dont care what i am tourist or a traveller ....

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AuroraDelCarmen 8 years ago

Definitely a traveler for 42 years...... And still to come!

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DanielTkach 8 years ago

This does not make any sense...

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ValeriaBaburina 8 years ago

b******t and cliches. u can be a traveler on a tourist route and even it a 5* resort, you can be a tourist atop of everest. it's not about crowds or amenities, it's about mindset.

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MagalieHalsey 8 years ago

its lack of quality would be acceptable if there was a warning at the beginning of the article that this was a sponsored post; at least we'd know not to expect something realistic.

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KimberleyLandsman 8 years ago

It doesn't matter, I don't differentiate. I just know that they're welcome starting in May and they need to leave by October 1st.

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TrevorHill 8 years ago

Done both but the "traveller" looks a bit touristy at times.

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JeanneDeaux 8 years ago

Mostly a traveler. For some things I'm on the side of the tourist in terms of organisation.

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KathrynMilligan 8 years ago

Yup definately associating with the "traveller" section

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BoredGiraffe 8 years ago

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SamDashti 8 years ago

do you work for holdify? i think you do. This post is BAD, there is no other way to put it.. its pretentious, unthought out and plain stupid. plus its a blatant ad for this stupid app.

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