Ego-Tourist

Where globetrotters head for increasingly obscure locales, not for the experience but for the bragging rights of having been somewhere exotic and difficult while looking down on any adventures that don't involve an amusing incident with a nasty local disease / local militia / extreme weather event. Ego-tourists have way too much attachment to words like 'authentic' and 'unspoilt'

Bob is boring me stiff with his stories from the Congo. He's such an ego-tourist.

Ego-Tourist by Gregor Heard December 9, 2008

Ego-tourism 

Tourism based on spending excessive amounts of money and taking extreme risk at the expense of the public with the only reward is the activity’s exclusivity of the less monied population.

The money spent on civilian space travel shows that ego-tourism dollars can reach the equivalent of the economy of a small less industrialized nation.

Ego-tourism by Festus Izuli July 1, 2023

Egotourist 

The uber-rich or famous, who visit Africa pretending to see the wild and that they care about the environment, but only stay in 6-Star accommodation in urban areas for fear of not being featured in the newspapers.

Are you sure I'll get media attention if I stay in your hotel? Don't confuse me with an ecotourist. I'm an egotourist.

Egotourist by Oddbloke August 7, 2008