There is a big push by cities and travel brands to get visitors to live like a local, but in the case of New York City, however, it appears that tourists are still living like tourists.
In a very thoughtful article, Deepti Kapoor, reveals reasons why she and her husband decided to leave Goa and talks about negative impacts of tourism in this part of India.
Although travel brands claim that "local experiences" are popular, they still use images of top tourist attractions to promote destinations on social media.