Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Cherokee
I just had to comment about the places people went to and wished they
had not. One caller talked of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
These two cities are the most gut-wrenching, appalling, disgusting
tourist traps ever created. STAY AWAY!!!! As you go through
Gatlinburg, into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is
beautiful, you come out in Cherokee, North Carolina. A second caller
described a place that was an "authentic Indian village", this is
Cherokee. However, there are two parts to the town of Cherokee, one
is the reservation which has a village, museum, etc. and is run by
the Cherokee tribe. The other part of Cherokee, consists of horrible
and inaccurate depictions of "Cherokee life". Stay away from this. It
is a tourist trap still using words such as squaw and having hotels
named red man motel and a huge Harrah's casino. It is another
version, although on a smaller scale, of Gatlinburg. Eastern
Tennessee and western North Carolina have beautiful scenery and
breath-taking views. You just have to get away from the "cities" to
see it. Come and see for yourself.
Stephanie and Ian
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