French rated worst tourists, Japs the best

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090709/lf_nm_life/us_france_tourists

PARIS (Reuters Life!) – French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world.
They finish in last place in the survey carried out for internet travel agency Expedia by polling company TNS Infratest, which said French holidaymakers don't speak local languages and are seen as impolite.

"It's mainly the fact that they speak little or no English when they're abroad, and they don't speak much of the local language," Expedia Marketing Director Timothee de Roux told radio station France Info.

"The French don't go abroad very much. We're lucky enough to have a country which is magnificent in terms of its landscape and culture," he said, adding that 90 per cent of French people did their traveling at home.

"So when they're on holiday they can be a bit stressed, they're not used to things, and this can lead them to be demanding in a way which could be seen as a certain arrogance."

French tourists are also accused of generally spending less than other nationalities when abroad.

De Roux said the French, not accustomed to leaving large tips at home where a service charge is automatically levied on restaurant bills, can seem "tight-fisted" compared with other nationalities.

The Japanese ranked top of the Best Tourist survey, with the British and the Germans judged the best of the Europeans.

But French tourists received some consolation for their poor performance, finishing third after the Italians and British for dress sense while on holiday.

Frenchies are assholes. No doubt.

But

Who the hell says Japanese tourists are the best? I've encountered them all over the world, literally, and they ****. They are impolite, rude, and they play stupid when they piss you off. It seems like they go out of their way to get in your way.

Example: When I was on a cruise in the Aegean with my study abroad program, I was with my friend Jon who had just been injured and was on crutches. I walk up to the line to get food, and Jon is limping up behind me. No joke, 30 japs jump in front of a handicapped dude. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif Assholes.

Oh, and why do they do the peace (Victory) sign in EVERY picture?! Who have they defeated?

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif

Click to read more...

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

I figured Japs would = worst

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

Oh, and why do they do the peace (Victory) sign in EVERY picture?! Who have they defeated?

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif

good fucking question! ever notice that they breathe down ur neck when ur standing in line somewhere?

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

good fucking question! ever notice that they breathe down ur neck when ur standing in line somewhere?

In my travels, I've learned that Americans are the only ones who value personal space.

 

[Xprime4 10+ year member]

In Quebec, even if we mostly speak french.... we hate french from France. They stink so much and their accent is so freakin' disgusting

Japs are too busy taking picture to be *******

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

In my travels, I've learned that Americans are the only ones who value personal space.

Once again, you are full of xenophobe bullshit. Well done.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

America is great and everywhere else sucks. Why anyone would want to leave is beyond me.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

By the way, this is a change in trends because the US dominated as the rudest travellers for several years. It was only a few months ago that this trend in polling began to change, and natives of France began to take over. I think I posted the article here on CA.com if you want to search for it.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I really like the french that i have met. They weren't cheap. As for personal space, you get a different perspective when you live in a city with the population density of Tokyo or Seoul. The peace sign isnt just a Japanese thing.. its Korean too.. and the Chinese are by far the worst at respecting the line. I think it has to do with their love of revolution.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

The term "Jap" is offensive and racist...

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

i think redneck southerners are the worse, especially when they visit the rest of the US

 

[Miles0803]

sorry we'll call them zipperheads then

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

America is great and everywhere else sucks. Why anyone would want to leave is beyond me.

I leave to see how shitty other people live and laugh at them. Then I come back and be thankful that i'm an American

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

I leave to see how shitty other people live and laugh at them. Then I come back and be thankful that i'm an American

Agreed, visiting places like Canada really makes you feel lucky about living in the US

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

Agreed, visiting places like Canada really makes you feel lucky about living in the US

not just Canada, the rest of the world.

I've been to Australia and it's so damn rural, like going to the countryside. But drinking age at 18 is ftw