Tourists behaving badly is nothing new, with Americans often associated with such behavior. It's not just in Europe, where there's a whole American snark wave going on. Even within the U.S., domestic tourists draw so much flak amid the rise of social media stunts. This is particularly common in national parks. Just recently, visitors demanded arrests after a tourist installed a DJ booth at Grand Teton National Park , while a Yellowstone tourist "got what he deserved" after approaching a bison herd .

These misbehaving tourists have earned the nickname "tourons" online. It's pejorative slang that combines "tourist" and "moron" to describe stupid, ignorant, and irresponsible visitor conduct in a natural environment. It sounds new, but the word can be traced to the mid-1970s within the N

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