Rachel McAdams poses with her Star during the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony on Jan. 20, 2026. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for 20th Century Studios)
What are the worst tourist traps in the world? What attractions live up to the hype?
Stasher, a company hooks travelers up with temporary luggage storage, weighs with its blog post, “World’s Best and Worst Tourist Attractions, Ranked.” These rankings were calculated by considering five factors: online ratings, TikTok likes, distance from an airport, the country’s safety and quality of local lodging.
Ergo, Stasher has determined the worst tourist attraction in existence is the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “Located 38.1 km from the LAX airport, this sidewalk of celebrity stars had the lowest Google rating and safety score,” it writes. Other sites that supposedly suck in terms of a visitor experience include Disneyland Paris and the Dead Sea, dinged for “accessibility challenges” and “regional instability.”
Conversely, places that scored high include Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Here are the first five from each list; check out the full post for more.
Stasher’s best and worst tourist attractions in the world
Worst:
1 Hollywood Walk of Fame, L.A.
2 The Dead Sea
3 The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
4 Great Wall of China
5 Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Best:
1 Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
2 Colosseum, Rome
3 Eiffel Tower, Paris
4 Milford Sound, New Zealand
5 Walt Disney World, Florida
Source: stasher.com/blog/worlds-best-and-worst-tourist-attractions-ranked
Originally published at John Metcalfe