SO Glasgow's tourism bosses want visitors to the city to 'live like a local'.

I can see the wry smiles now.

Anyone want to be the first to offer up a witty suggestion - come to Govanhill and live with the bedbugs? Visit Easterhouse and be chased by a gang? Visit Gorbals and see yourself chibbed?

As much as there's an intense local pride in Glasgow, there's also some quick-witted self-deprecating characters ready to put the city down.

There's also always some naysayer who can't see the good in anything.

The Gorbals and Easterhouse are far removed from their ancient negative stereotypes and yes, as we told in the Evening Times last week, there are bed bugs in Govanhill but these are being tackled.

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Glasgow has much to recommend it and much more in the pipeline.

Last year the New York Times offered up a dream job. Each year it runs its list of 52 places to visit. To freshen things up, the newspaper decided to offer one person the chance to visit each of the places and write about it.

Around 13,000 people applied. No wonder. Being on the road continuously for a year might not be everyone's cup of tea but for those of us with wanderlust, it sounded incredible.

On the 2018 list, among South Korea, New Orleans and Zambia, is Glasgow. A wee explainer along with the choice of city was the work being done along the Clydeside: the new Clydeside Distillery, the Riverside Museum, and then the residential, shopping and leisure plans to be completed by 2025.

The city's tourism bosses must be delighted. Writer Jada Yuan visits Glasgow in June and local journalist Jamie Lafferty - who almost made the cut for the 52 Places Traveller job - is going to show her around.

When it comes to tourists, you want to put out the best china. This means the big-ticket items: Kelvingrove Museum. Pollok House, the aforementioned Riverside Museum, Glasgow Cathedral.

But to get a real feel for a city, which I imagine is what Ms Yuan is aiming to do, you have to avoid the obvious and the explore a city's less publicised nooks and crannies. That's the idea behind the new People Make Glasgow tourism strategy.

David McDonald, chairman of Glasgow Life and Deputy Leader of the council, offered this soundbite: “There’s a clear trend towards authenticity in travel today - visitors want to experience real neighbourhoods and communities, and immerse themselves in local culture.

"It’s about connecting people and place in a genuine way."

If you cut out the jargon - and that's some impressive jargon - he's saying, "See the bits tourists wouldn't normally see." I'm all for that.

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One of the most interesting days I had in Cuba was when a local mum I started chatting to took me to visit her daughter's school. One of the best days in Cambodia was a visit to a family home where I was kindly given dinner. And so on.

But there's a few issues here. Firstly, we say People Make Glasgow but it's not always the case. And you'll know what I mean if you've ever heard a bus driver in the city centre get shirty with a tourist who doesn't have the right change.

So before we get Texans wandering about Tollcross and Malaysians inspecting Maryhill, can we make sure everyone's in their Sunday Best and on their finest behaviour?

How about a wee look at the transport systems we're assuming people will use to travel to the outer reaches of Yoker and Baillieston? And what about cleaning up the chewing gum and litter on pavements we expect our new guests to walk on?

It would be nice for the visitors - and nice for the residents. The city bosses owe us one now we're all working in hospitality.