I was doing my morning news reading rounds when I fell upon this article. It talks about a study that Expedia did, interviewing hotels from all over to see who were the best/worst tourists.
It's no surprise the French came out in last place. They are "rude" even in their own country. But there were a few things that I thought were interesting/funny:
1) The Japanese. Of course they were number one on the list because they have taken over the world! They are everywhere, and we all know it. If they didn't get number one they would probably have some explaining to do to someone back home.
2) Second are the British. Really? Why?
3) Canadians came in third. I hope they are not talking about the ones from Quebec because they are worse than the French.
4) USA. Really? We came after Sweden? Do the "Swedenese" really even go anywhere? Bull. We (Americans) got voted worst dressed. What is this? A high school mock election? Not only did we get worst dressed (eye roll), we got loudest, least tidy and the worst complainers (no argument there.)
Oh. At least we got "top marks for generosity, as the biggest spenders and tippers." No shocker there. That's probably where all the complaining comes from. No one else in the world is selfish enough to expect a 20% tip as the waiters/waitresses/helpers/etc. are here.
Ah, but American tourists got most likely to try a new language! That's cool...except they would never try to actually say it properly making them look even more ridiculous. No offense.
The last sentence was really the best part of the article. "France's rivals (rivals! ha!) for the world's 'worst tourist' tag, Spaniards and Greeks, came near the bottom of the pack in almost every category." They mentioned nothing about Turkish tourists. That's probably because Turkey is so beautiful no one ever travels outside the country. Go Turks!!
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