One glance at a photo of Charleston, South Carolina and you’d be able to tell that it is a tourist destination. Throughout the year, millions of tourists flock to our beautiful, historic city. While the weather is nice all year around, which means tourists all 12 months a year, there is an even larger increase of out-of-towners visiting the Lowcountry during the summer months. There’s nothing quite like a tourist in Charleston, and each and every tourist can pretty much be assumed into one of these categories. As a local, it’s pretty fun to play “Which Kind of Tourist Is That?” while seeing these new faces all throughout our familiar streets.

1. The classic, middle-aged tourist

The so-called tacky tourist, he is probably wearing a fanny pack to keep the essential items, a Hawaiian shirt that’s a little too tight and probably socks and sandals. He’s too stubborn to ask for directions, so he is wandering down the street with a map in his hand while trying to find the Market. Behind him is his more-than-annoyed family who truck along behind him, only to realize that they have been walking around the block the whole time. He is most likely to buy a shirt that has a photo of Rainbow Row on it, and his favorite restaurant is probably Hyman’s.

2. Bachelorette Parties

Large groups of young women flock to Charleston for long weekends. They're usually seen sporting t-shirts that say “Bride Tribe” or sashes of some sort, or completely overdressed, wearing dresses and heels while attempting to walk the streets downtown. They will definitely be spending their time here getting drunk on the beach, hitting up all of Charleston’s rooftop bars and out on the town until the wee hours of the morning. Beware of these groups as they walk down King Street because they will walk next to each other in a straight line, meaning there’s no way you’ll be able to pass them until they pick a store to go into.

3. The Instagramers

Two types of people fall into this category. First, you have those people who think they are professional photographers. This guy is probably carrying around a fancy Nikon camera (or worse, he doesn’t have a camera beside his iPhone), and he is all about getting that perfect angle for a photo of that particular church steeple. When he posts it on Instagram, he will probably include about 50 hashtags and he will tag lots of Charleston Instagram accounts, in hopes that one of them will repost his work of art. On the other hand, there are your girls who are attempting to get the perfect Instagram picture while on their vacay in Chucktown. They will definitely pose in front of the Pineapple Fountain with their squad, take a few swimsuit pics at the beach and take a photo of some flower boxes on lower King Street. These two types fall under the same category because they’re both doin’ it for the ‘gram.

4. The perfect, southern family

Honestly, wouldn’t be surprised if these people actually aren’t tourists; they fit the Charleston “type.” The mom and young daughter are wearing Lilly Pulitzer dresses and the father and young son are wearing Vineyard Vines from top to bottom. They could be models for M. Dumas and Sons or The Skinny Dip. They are spending their time eating at posh restaurants and walking around downtown. They are probably staying at the Francis Marion, or in an Airbnb in Harleston Village.

5. Rich, old people

These people are probably snowbirds, flocking to warm and sunny Charleston for the winter months. They are probably eating at Hall’s Chophouse every single night, and spending their days in their rocking chairs on the porch of their second home south of Broad. Can you even call them tourists if they spend six months a year here? Anyway, they are most likely to always be dressed to the nines for their afternoon stroll to the Battery.

What a blessing it is to live in a popping tourist city. Us locals love to see all the different types of people who come sneak a peek of the wonderful city we get to call home. This summer, look out for these types of tourists because just about every single one fits into one of these categories.