I've lived in Florida for over 25 years and always tell tourists to visit these 7 spots

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In my opinion, Key West is one of the best places to visit in Florida.

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I was born and raised in Philadelphia. Here are 8 things I wish tourists knew before they visited.

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I'm from Philadelphia, and I've seen many tourists visit my city and make the same mistakes.

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I was born and raised in The Bahamas. Here are 11 of the biggest mistakes I see tourists make.

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I've been to eight of the Bahamian islands.

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As a New York City local, there are 5 things I wish tourists would stop doing when they visit

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I've seen tourists make a lot of the same mistakes when they visit New York City.

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Japan Airlines doesn't want you to take your luggage on the train when you visit Tokyo

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Tokyo's trains are often crowded with commuters.

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Christian Louboutin wants to keep his favorite holiday spot special — but it's on Harry and Meghan's radar too

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The Melides lagoon.
Melides, Christian Louboutin's secret escape in Portugal, loses its mystery as tourists flock in.

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I worked as a tour guide in Paris. Here are the 5 biggest mistakes I saw tourists make.

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As a tour guide in Paris, I saw many tourists make the same mistakes over and over.

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I grew up in Barcelona and live in the US. I'd love to go home, but tourism is making life unbearable for locals.

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Barcelona has a lot of visitors but that's not always a good thing.

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I was born and raised in the Caribbean. People are wrong to reduce it to sun, sea, and sand.

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Tenille Clarke, pictured at Trinidad Carnival earlier this year, was born and raised in the Caribbean.

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An ex-banker who has been to all 50 US states shares his favorite cities — and 3 he won't go out of his way to visit again

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Travel blogger Lee Abbamonte grew up in NYC but now lives in Los Angeles.

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