French are the world's worst tourists
French tourists have been named as the worst in the world, with hoteliers claiming they are rude and the meanest tippers.A survey of over 4,500 hoteliers worldwide ranked tourists based on - everything from spending habits to their willingness to try and speak the local language.
Unsurprisingly the Japanese were found to be far and away the world's best tourists, scoring highly not only as the quietest and most polite but also the cleanest and least likely to complain.
Brits seem to have shrugged off the traditional bad traveller stereotype and came second in the list with hoteliers saying they are polite and generous.
While being labeled as rude is unlikely to worry many French tourists, this next finding is bound to hurt them ... Brits were also considered to be better dressers than the garlic eating surrender monkeys.
A spokesperson for Expedia who conducted the research said: "The Expedia Best Tourist Index, running annually since 2002, gauges the opinions of over 4,500 hoteliers worldwide to rank different nationalities on their behaviour abroad.
2009 Expedia Best Tourist Global Index
1 Japanese 14= New Zealanders
2 British 16 Thais
3 Canadians 17= Portuguese
4 Germans 17= Czechs
5 Swiss 19= Italians
6= Dutch 19= Irish
6= Australians 19= Brazilians
8= Swedish 22= Polish
8= Americans 22= South Africans
10= Danes 24= Turkish
10= Norwegians 24= Greeks
10= Finnish 26 Spanish
10= Belgians 27 French
14= Austrians
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2009 Expedia Best Tourist Global Index
1 Japanese 14= New Zealanders
2 British 16 Thais
3 Canadians 17= Portuguese
4 Germans 17= Czechs
5 Swiss 19= Italians
6= Dutch 19= Irish
6= Australians 19= Brazilians
8= Swedish 22= Polish
8= Americans 22= South Africans
10= Danes 24= Turkish
10= Norwegians 24= Greeks
10= Finnish 26 Spanish
10= Belgians 27 French
14= Austrians
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