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Getting Stuck on Certain Stereotypes About a Country

It's hard not to get stuck in stereotypes and images that you get in your mind about a place. After all, there are reasons that places are famous and reasons that people think of snow in Russia or heat in Africa. However, it is important not to get stuck in those stereotypes. This isn't an issue, particularly with American tourists, but with all tourists. You want to feel the love in Paris, but that isn't all the city offers.

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Being naive while traveling is definitely not something that exclusively plagues American tourists and is a problem with just about every tourist that doesn't do their research before a trip.