What is the most overrated tourist place you have ever visited?

Lourdes, in France. Head and shoulders the most contrived, overhyped tourist trap, ever.

It is reputed to be the site where a French peasant girl saw apparitions of "Mary", a hundred and fifty years ago. How exciting. There are literally scores of second and third rate hotels and cheesy religious junk shops, all shoehorned around a church and a dingy cliffside grotto with a painted statue of Mary stuck in it, which in turn lies near a trickling hole of cold murky water claimed to possess healing properties (which is sold in bottles,...surprise!). What a disappointment. Swarms of "pilgrims" tripping over each other to pack into the stale-smelling "Sanctuary", and garbage blowing around.

Our time there was saved from being a complete fail by the superb wine-tasting junket later that evening. Recommend the delightful Marseilles, instead. 

Disney World.

Living in Southern California Disneyland was a regular destination for our family. I thought Disney World would also be fabulous. I went and I was very disappointed.

I thought Paris, France was way over rated. Kind of a dirty old town. Athens and Rome are much nicer.

Belgium, what a silly silly country.

The Gold Coast. Maybe it's natural for me to dislike it so much since I've grown up an hour north of it, but it's not nearly as exciting as everyone thinks it is.  The beaches have VERY strong undercurrents, and they're dirty (but not nearly as much as LA beaches), it's very very busy and there's not really much to do unless you're willing to $100 (for two adults) to get into any attractions, and the theme parks are underwhelming.  If you're planning to come to QLD, do yourself a favour and go to the Sunshine Coast instead.

But then, as I said, I grew up an hour away from the Gold Coast, so it might be exciting to a tourist.

Orlando, Florida is definitely overrated.  The Disney operation was fine, but Orland itself was an armpit.  I've never seen so many cheap t-shirt shops and rude service people in my life.