And the best tourists in the world are...

[JODO 2]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070523/od_nm/...BY7i.ZJtQcZ.3QA

And the best tourists in the world are... 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

The best tourists in the world are the Japanese, followed by Americans and the Swiss, a survey based on views from hoteliers across Europe said Wednesday.

Japanese tourists stood out for being polite and tidy, securing 35 percent more votes than the Americans who came second.

Swiss tourists were commended for being quiet and considerate, unlike the Britons who were judged to be the fifth worst tourists because of rude behavior, noise and a miserly attitude to tipping.

But despite their faults, hoteliers do look favorably upon British spending habits voting them the third biggest holiday spenders after Americans and Russians.

Based on responses from 15,000 European hoteliers, the survey carried out on behalf of travel Web site Expedia showed that the worst tourist nation was France, followed by India, China and Russia.

Britain was second in the worst-dressed tourist table which was headed by the Americans, and fifth in the least-generous table which was headed by the Germans.

[Anna C. 4]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070523/od_nm/...BY7i.ZJtQcZ.3QA

and fifth in the least-generous table which was headed by the Germans.

I sure dislike giving tips... (though in Europe you have to know that waiters earn money, get health insurance with their job etc, they don't really need tips, so if they look at me weird once, no tip).

[JODO 2]

My first trip to Paris I did not realize that the tip was already added into the bill. On about the third day there we realized it and continued to tip,but just not those 20% tips we had been leaving. I hear many people speak of rude waiters in Paris,but we always had nice servers. In fact, one called to us as we were walking back to our hotel and invited us into the café to have a hot chocolate on him! We tried to then leave a tip and he said no, we were his friends! I thought that was so sweet

[JenT 0]

Wow... this is very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[JODO 2]

This is very interesting because one "escorted tour" with about 20 Japanese tourists was enough to make me NEVER take another tour ever and caused me to get intimately acquainted with Frommer's.

[JenT 0]

This is very interesting because one "escorted tour" with about 20 Japanese tourists was enough to make me NEVER take another tour ever and caused me to get intimately acquainted with Frommer's.

Hard to go anywhere without running into tourist groups of some kind, but to actually be a part of one? You're a brave soul!

Jen

[almaty 19]

i agree with you sister jen....a trip to senior hell

[#@!!* 0]

"Britain was second in the worst-dressed tourist table which was headed by the Americans, and fifth in the least-generous table which was headed by the Germans."

Woohooo! We're number one. We're number one. We're number one!