Funny things tourists pay to do in your country
I was looking around the lonely planet forums just for the hell of it, and stumbled upon a post where someone was asking if people thought it was worth it to pay $400 to go on a tour in alaska to see bears.
I told the poster to just go camping up there and leave some food out. They'll see bears up close for free!
It amuses me greatly that someone would pay $400 to see something that we just view as a normal part of any outdoor activity in western Canada. Go mountain biking, see a bear. go hiking, see a bear. hell even spring skiing in some areas overlap the time when hibernation ends and you'll run into some bears.
So what do tourists spend ridiculous amounts of money on in your country that you consider an utter waste?
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