"Tourist trap" in Japanese


Assuming such a concept exists in Japanese, how do you say "tourist trap"?

Wikipedia [describes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_trap) it as:

> A tourist trap is an establishment, or group of establishments, that has
> been created with the aim of attracting tourists and their money. Tourist
> traps will typically provide services, entertainment, souvenirs and other
> products for tourists to purchase.

and Travel Stack Exchange
[describes](https://travel.stackexchange.com/tags/tourist-traps/info) it as "A
disparaging term for places and attractions designed specifically for
tourists."

While it's often used for describing attractions, it's also used used for
describing cities or areas overdeveloped for tourism, for
[example](http://wikitravel.org/en/Gold_Coast):

> Unfortunately, many tourists believe the highrise buildings and crowds of
> Surfers Paradise make it an overdeveloped 'tourist trap'. Most of these
> buildings are however local residential. The city also has many services and
> industries not directly related to tourism.

I tried using 「観光トラップ」 to ask if Atami was a tourist trap, but that apparently
[didn't](http://lang-8.com/424295/journals/1801907) work well, as it attracted
a few comments. One person mentioned 「ぼったくり」 (ripoff), which seems a little
too vague.

The [English edition of
Wiktionary](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tourist_trap) doesn't have a
Japanese translation, and the Japanese edition doesn't even have an entry for
"tourist". Jisho.org has 「観光都市」, but according to the Japanese edition of
Wikipedia,
[観光都市](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A6%B3%E5%85%89%E9%83%BD%E5%B8%82) is a
city that's popular with tourists, rather than something dodgy or artificial.
Oddly enough, the Lonely Planet phrasebook for Japan didn't have an entry for
"tourist trap"!




I think ぼったくり is a pretty good attempt. Maybe "観光客狙い" or "観光客向け" is pretty
good, too, also these expression do not have necessarily negative nuances.

