Tours in Europe for Americans and tours in America for Europeans are similar in the way that they both focus on the stereotypical landmarks such as the Eiffel tower in Paris or Niagara Falls in New York.
At affordabletours.com a tour for Americans in Paris was described as:
At affordabletours.com a tour for Americans in Paris was described as:
Spend four days in Paris! Your stay includes your choice of centrally located first-class hotel and services of a Local Host. Included morning sightseeing with a Local Guide features major highlights: the Arc de Triomphe, Opera, Champs-Eysées, as well as a visit to Notre Dame Cathedral and an ascent to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. Afterward, enjoy the city at your own pace.
A tour in Italy named the "Taste of Italy" was described as:
This perfect 8-day Italian vacation covers Rome, Florence, and Venice with enough time to do your own explorations. Sightseeing with a Local Guide in all cities covers the must-see sights as, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, St. Peter’s Square and Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel in Rome, Michelangelo’s celebrated David statue, the cathedral, and sculpture-studded Signoria Square in Florence, as well as St. Mark’s Square and Basilica, and the Doges’ Palace and the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. The full day at leisure in Venice gives you the opportunity to join an optional excursion the island of Burano, and of course a special welcome dinner in Rome and a private boat-ride in Venice are included.
It seems as though both these tours want to show Americans familiar and stereotypical landmarks that most Americans learn about in grammar school. Perhaps this is a marketing move for Americans to only see what they know. Americans seem to be intrigued by European tours because the amount of history and the amount of area is greater then in America itself.
Tours for Europeans in America also have the stereotypical site seeing stops such as New York City but surprisingly they have stops in Colorado at mountain resorts. I am surprised because most Americans on their site seeing tours of their own nation would not put Colorado at the top of their site seeing list.
At getamericatours.com they offer several different tours for foreigners such as:
National Park tours in the west, Niagara falls tours combined with seeing the Nation's capital in four short days, California tours, and tours combined with sites in Canada.
It seems that Europeans understand cities such as NYC exist but they imagine America as a cowboy country and they want to see the West. Both interpretations of America and Europe both have the factor that both tours want to see territory that is not found in their home country which is based on stereotypical assumptions of what both places are mostly famous for.
