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What's the difference between a tourist and a traveller? Holidify, a company catering to people wishing to visit India, just released a series of simple images illustrating their interpretation of this question. Spoiler alert! If you like to stay in hotels and own a selfie stick, you're probably a tourist!
What do you think of this comparison? Do you agree? Vote on the best image below, or add your opinion in the comments section!
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ChristineMcQuery 10 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 10 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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BronwenScott 10 years ago
Wow. Hitchhiking is illegal in America? I always considered hitching an informal method of carpooling . . .
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LucianaAguzzoli 10 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!
fredericeeckman 10 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.
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JessicaTichy 10 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.
DanielStrange 10 years ago
.... that can get you killed in Australia, anyone hear of wolf creek?
MelissaG 10 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
SaschaWalton 10 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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Aracely Moran 9 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.
Caïus-cassius Clay 9 years ago
WTF? this is illegal in usa? i know why i think it's a sick country now.
ChrisEstrada 10 years ago
Wait till you a*s is picked up by rapest lets see how well hitch hiking goes
SusanMoore 10 years ago
Maybe fifty years ago hitching was save, now no matter where you are do not do it.
GustavoMendiolaza 9 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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ZsófiaPáll 10 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.
KarolínaHrichová 10 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.
NicholasHamilton 10 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
JoséBranco 10 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 10 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.
SaskiaNuschke 10 years ago
Hm, I think you can also be a traveller, if you are not into camping and hitchhiking ....
JanetL.Music 10 years ago
All are tourists, only 'travelers' are snooty about it. There's evidence that 'travelers' leave a bigger environmental footprint.
JanelleVeres 10 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 .
Rental Cars 9 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.
fredericeeckman 10 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...
PamHoffman 10 years ago
STUPID STUPID STUPID I have traveled the World and this has No relevance whatsoever. Disappointing.
DianaCrunChewyWatson 10 years ago
Ended up being an add for some travel app. I'm getting super sick of these sites sneaking ads onto us.
Optima Travels 1 year ago
The best pictorial depiction of differences between a tourist and a traveler https://www.optimatravels.com/
Global World 5 years ago
Hi, sir I am a huge fan of your work. so much so I even linked out to you in my latest blog post feel free to check it out. https://bit.ly/2vXTGTr if you enjoyed it feel free and share it. Cheers Global
Adventures Dream 5 years ago
In my opinion you have well describe traveler. Keep going! Adventures Dream https://www.adventuresdream.com/
David Lewis 9 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?
ElizabethKnight 9 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.
LaurenSommerville 9 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
LauricyLeal 9 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!
CathyNestor 9 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.
KatinkaMin 9 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.
CristiGregory 10 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!
AlexGreen 10 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.
DwiPurwanti 10 years ago
This article shows us the differences between regular travellers and backpackers. There! Haha
Leiah 10 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!
AleksandraGeorgieva 10 years ago
This post is totally wrong...and i really dont care what i am tourist or a traveller ....
ValeriaBaburina 10 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.
MagalieHalsey 10 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.
KimberleyLandsman 10 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.
JeanneDeaux 10 years ago
Mostly a traveler. For some things I'm on the side of the tourist in terms of organisation.
BoredGiraffe 10 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.
SamDashti 10 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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ZsófiaPáll 10 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.
KarolínaHrichová 10 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.
NicholasHamilton 10 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
JoséBranco 10 years ago
Hipster is now the generic and meaningless name to "stuff people do differently than I do and act snobbish about" apparentl
Load More Replies... TessaKalkhoven 10 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.
SaskiaNuschke 10 years ago
Hm, I think you can also be a traveller, if you are not into camping and hitchhiking ....
JanetL.Music 10 years ago
All are tourists, only 'travelers' are snooty about it. There's evidence that 'travelers' leave a bigger environmental footprint.
JanelleVeres 10 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 .
Rental Cars 9 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.
fredericeeckman 10 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...
PamHoffman 10 years ago
STUPID STUPID STUPID I have traveled the World and this has No relevance whatsoever. Disappointing.
DianaCrunChewyWatson 10 years ago
Ended up being an add for some travel app. I'm getting super sick of these sites sneaking ads onto us.
Optima Travels 1 year ago
The best pictorial depiction of differences between a tourist and a traveler https://www.optimatravels.com/
Global World 5 years ago
Hi, sir I am a huge fan of your work. so much so I even linked out to you in my latest blog post feel free to check it out. https://bit.ly/2vXTGTr if you enjoyed it feel free and share it. Cheers Global
Adventures Dream 5 years ago
In my opinion you have well describe traveler. Keep going! Adventures Dream https://www.adventuresdream.com/
David Lewis 9 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?
ElizabethKnight 9 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.
LaurenSommerville 9 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
LauricyLeal 9 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!
CathyNestor 9 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.
KatinkaMin 9 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.
CristiGregory 10 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!
AlexGreen 10 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.
DwiPurwanti 10 years ago
This article shows us the differences between regular travellers and backpackers. There! Haha
Leiah 10 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!
AleksandraGeorgieva 10 years ago
This post is totally wrong...and i really dont care what i am tourist or a traveller ....
ValeriaBaburina 10 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.
MagalieHalsey 10 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.
KimberleyLandsman 10 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.
JeanneDeaux 10 years ago
Mostly a traveler. For some things I'm on the side of the tourist in terms of organisation.
BoredGiraffe 10 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.
SamDashti 10 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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