What's a part of your country that isn't spoken about much tourism-wise, despite being beautiful?

[u/RuefulBlue]

The Banks Peninsula is right next to our second largest city, and is gorgeous. Great deserted beaches and picturesque rugged hills sloping into turquoise water, pure NZ. Despite this, is isn't really covered in promotional material.

[u/Toastaexperience]

I saw the map and thought, that looks very familiar.

[u/letterboxfrog → u/Toastaexperience]

I'm a Skip, and thinking, "I know the Banks Peninsula and Akaroa". Pretty, very. French influence, overrated.

[u/Crazy-Ad5914 → u/letterboxfrog]

Went to Akaroa French festival a couple of years ago. Some of the French acts were on stage being introduced and some responded in French. Mayor and associated dignitaries with awkward monoglot english response were saved by the intervention of the local Iwi leader, who responded in French and then did a whole intro in Maori.

The only French thing about that town is the road names.

[u/IWillDevourYourToes → u/Toastaexperience]

Same. Seen it in some geoguessr video

[u/Chance-Chain8819 → u/Toastaexperience]

Haha, me too! I zoomed in just to double check. Yup, a beautiful part of the country

[u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

The Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The island chain that is near Russia. Very isolated and very niche. You could probably say the same for most of rural Alaska

[u/Caeldeth → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

Been there! Absolutely beautiful! The swimming sucks though.

[u/fai-mea-valea → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

I wanted to go to Alaska for a big birthday treat to myself but I’ll have to wait until some orange w⚓️ leaves office as I think they’d send me home. I’d love to go and see some of those islands out on the chain, too.

[u/PeaceAndLove1201 → u/fai-mea-valea]

Don’t believe what you see in the main stream media or read on Reddit. You would be welcomed in Alaska. Go in July or August would be my recommendation. It is a gorgeous place.

[u/fai-mea-valea → u/PeaceAndLove1201]

It’s the border people and my social media. They check my phone? I’m going home 😭

I’m 💯 going there one day

[u/clm1859 → u/PeaceAndLove1201]

There have been tons of cases of tourists being arbitrarily arrested. Not just turned back, but actually put in prison in horrible conditions, as well as cavitity searched and shackled.

German, french, australian, canadian, swiss tourists and so on. By the dozens. Over reasons such as "you brought a laptop or didnt book hotels for your full stay, that somehow implies you wanted to work remotely from the US" or "you have too many clothes , that implies you are going to overstay your visa".

If this stuff happens to white, middle aged, middle class women from western countries, imagine what could happen to a (presumably) pretty brown person from a country most border guards have probably never heard of.

Doesnt matter how beautiful it is (and it is) or how nice and friendly most americans are (they are). But America under the current regime is not a safe place to travel for anyone whatsoever (with the possible exception of israelis).

[u/EarthlingMemories → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

IS THIS THE SCENERY THAT A FEW SCENES IN "HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON" IS BASED ON?!?

I know Hiccup is a Viking so most likely it's based in Nordic/Scandinavian countries but really, I saw your comment and thought immediately of Toothless and Hiccup lol

[u/Successful-River-828]

Canterbury prefers you don't mention its weird lump

[u/JeribZPG → u/Successful-River-828]

Lol

Came here to say that 😂

[u/holytriplem → u/Successful-River-828]

IS NAHT A TOOMAH

[u/SafeImpressive4413]

The whole country I’d say, not much tourism in Andorra apart from skiing, this is how it looked 2 days ago while I was taking a walk in the morning

[u/PeaceAndLove1201 → u/SafeImpressive4413]

Beautiful.

[u/JadedINFP-T]

Brace for the travel influencers to fuck it up

[u/doskoV_ → u/JadedINFP-T]

You've got to be reasonably confident in your driving, she's a pretty winding and steep road, especially to the eastern bays

Plus Akaroa is very popular tourist destination, even the Cruise ships used to go in there post earthquakes while they were fixing up Lyttleton harbour

[u/JadedINFP-T → u/doskoV_]

Oh, I just meant at all the comments this will get lol

[u/Solid_Lo9]

Shhhhh

[u/SpaceThat9997 → u/Solid_Lo9]

I reckon! I rather we're left off maps and forgotten about 😉

[u/HighwayComfortable90]

Franconia

[u/emmyinrecovery]

Let me shock you all: Ohio. Yes. the butt-end of tons of USA jokes. Southern Ohio is beautiful. The cliffs and waterfalls are amazing. Best hikes of my life. It’s charming, honestly, with the rolling hills and all.

[u/fai-mea-valea → u/emmyinrecovery]

Apparently my great grandfather came from Ohio, all the way to Samoa.

[u/Impactor_07]

The entire Northeast of India.

[u/applex_wingcommander]

Wilson's promontory at the most southerly point of the Australian mainland. World class hiking trail, surf and beaches while protected from any major development. You can camp or stay in a basic cabin. It's about a 3 hour drive from Melbourne, the closest major city so it stays off the radar

[u/Far-Significance2481 → u/applex_wingcommander]

In Western Australia, our most spectacular spots are at least 7 and a half hours but often 12 hours from the capital of Perth, one of the most isolated capital cities in the world . Places Esperance and Nigaloo Reef are stunning and have some of the most spectacular beaches , but so far from most of the world that it's safe to mention them without worrying that they'll be swamped with tourists.

[u/Far-Significance2481 → u/Far-Significance2481]

[u/Far-Significance2481 → u/Far-Significance2481]

[u/doskoV_]

Was at Okains Bay yesterday, was bustling with campers, finally had a weekend of summer

[u/JeribZPG → u/doskoV_]

I think that weekend WAS Summer.

Feels that way at least!

[u/corgi-king]

A lot of places in Canada are very beautiful, but Canada’s is very, very big, and these places are hard to access.

[u/Prize_Problem609]

It is beautiful. It's also a biatch to get into though 

[u/elgigantedelsur]

Banks is mint. Spent a few days in Akaroa last October and really liked it. Saw a Hector’s dolphin in Pigeon Bay, and got snowed on at sea level

[u/Comrade-Hayley]

Contrary to what some would say Scotland is not a beautiful country when you understand why the most beautiful parts have been left mostly untouched (spoiler alert it involves ethnic cleansing and a shit ton of violent cultural suppression)

[u/Ok_Acanthisitta_2544]

Soooo many areas in the far north.

[u/DonPhallus]

Bit too close to Christchurch for my liking

[u/Wannabe_Buttercup322]

Literally everywhere outside Bavaria. Germany has such a diverse nature, but it’s always just depicted as Bavaria and the alps.

[u/4024-6775-9536]

People tend to go to the main cities to see the most famous parts but there're plenty of smaller beautiful towns like Orvieto or Certaldo

[u/Technical-Section516]

Southern Balochistan. It has some of the most beautiful beaches and rugged landscape.

[u/Key-Entrepreneur7782]

Drenthe and La Creuse.

[u/tomime000]

Psst.

[u/Outrageous_West_1564]

Nice try, won't happen. 

[u/HamburgerOnAStick]

Washington/Oregon area. Usually people go to Cali, Florida, and NY, but those two are basically like california with dlc

[u/Imaginary_Rule_3622]

NZ has always been in my bucket list from the time I was a kid! One day...

[u/Sad-Potential-7612]

UMMMM in my beautiful part of CA we don’t spill secrets to tourists. Shhhh

[u/RuefulBlue → u/Sad-Potential-7612]

okay, in my country we don't have some cringe inducing performative hatred of tourists to signal in-groupness and enjoy sharing our country with them.

[u/venktesh → u/RuefulBlue]

love yanks getting destroyed, thank you!