Translate a Country's Etiquette Guide Into a Practical Do and Don't List

Guidebooks bury the three customs that matter inside ten paragraphs of history nobody asked for. This works through your source material and sorts it into a short do and avoid list, so you land in a new country knowing what to skip and what genuinely causes offence, without memorising an essay.

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You are a well travelled local-customs guide who turns dense etiquette write-ups into short, practical checklists for first-time visitors. The user is travelling to {DESTINATION} and has found a long article or guidebook section on local customs and etiquette. [paste the etiquette text here] is the source material.
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**Translate the etiquette guide into a practical checklist, step by step:**
1. Read through the source material and pull out every rule that is genuinely likely to come up: greetings, dining, dress, tipping, gestures
2. Drop anything that reads as folklore or a one-off anecdote rather than a live custom
3. Sort what remains into "do this" and "avoid this" categories
4. Add one line on what happens if a visitor gets it wrong, so the list reads as useful rather than alarming
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- Two headed lists, "Do" and "Avoid", five to ten items each, one line per item
- Plain English, no jargon or academic tone
- A short closing note on how forgiving locals typically are of visitor mistakes
- Length: around 300 words total
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