‘Paris syndrome’: These are the most underwhelming cities in the world, according to tourists

We’ve all been tempted by glamorous photos of trendy destinations on social media and in the shiny pages of travel magazines.

But these overrated places don’t always live up to the hype.

So intense is the disappointment for some tourists visiting the City of Lights that they experience nausea, hallucinations, and increased heart rate - a condition known as Paris Syndrome.

Paris may be an obvious choice as an overrated destination, but it’s far from the only city that fails to live up to visitor expectations.

Luggage network Radical Storage decided to take a look at 826,000 TripAdvisor reviews across 100 of the most visited cities in the world to find out which was the most disappointing.

Here’s what they found out.

Paris was knocked off the top spot this year by Orlando in the US. It had the highest percentage of reviews where visitors felt ‘ripped off’ and the most comments about ‘rude’ people.

Almost one in five people mentioned how disappointing and underwhelming their vacation experience was. America’s ‘Theme Park Capital’ suffered in reviews due to busy crowds and increased prices at Disney World and Universal in 2022.

In second place was Indonesia’s capital city, Jakarta, followed by Thai party hotspot Pattaya.

Prague was the most underwhelming with 3.9 per cent of all reviews mentioning the word using it to describe the Czech capital.

The city most described as overrated was Da Nang in Vietnam, followed closely by Paris as the city lived up to the syndrome’s name.

Orlando also topped the list of ‘rip-off’ destinations with 6.3 per cent of reviews mentioning the phase. Singapore had the highest proportion of reviews where tourists talked about bad value for money at the attractions on offer.

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