12 Most Annoying Things You Can Do As A Tourist Abroad

Assuming Things Will Be Open All the Time

America may operate on a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. work schedule and have many 24-hour mega stores, but that isn’t the case in most other places. Countries such as Spain and Italy take a mid-day break. Tapping on windows expecting a store owner to open the door because you allocated souvenir shopping to an inopportune time is strongly discouraged.

Disrespecting Monuments

Disrespecting monuments and symbols of cultural significance (by climbing up on tombs or hopping over marked-off areas, for example) for a photo is beyond rude. How would you feel if someone scaled the Statue of Liberty or the Washington Monument to snap a selfie? Exactly.