French tourists seen as world's worst: survey

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

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.

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[Otto 83]

Truth hurts...

[Nik+Heather 121]

So, let's review, the worst tourist crown has passed from

Brits (but they learned, apparently)

Germans (They did too!)

Russians

French...

Maybe we just don't like tourists? No wait...we just don't like TIGHT FISTED tourists.

Edited July 9, 2009 by Nik+Heather

[The_Dude 1,142]

German tourists are the most entertaining..... with their mandles and socks.

[YuAndDan 153]

Nothing new!

They manage to hold this record year after year.

French-Canadians are nearly that bad, if you are a Canadian from anywhere outside Quebec and visit Quebec, you had better be able to speak French. However if you are an American visiting Quebec they tend to give you a break, I know.

[The_Dude 1,142]

So, let's review, the worst tourist crown has passed from

Brits (but they learned, apparently)

Germans (They did too!)

Russians

French...

Maybe we just don't like tourists? No wait...we just don't like TIGHT FISTED tourists.

Now if you narrow this study to "Tourists who visit Ibiza".... the UK is still kings.

[HAL 9000 96]

So, let's review, the worst tourist crown has passed from

Brits (but they learned, apparently)

Germans (They did too!)

Russians

French...

Maybe we just don't like tourists? No wait...we just don't like TIGHT FISTED tourists.

Now if you narrow this study to "Tourists who visit Ibiza".... the UK is still kings.

I know exactly what you mean. Particularly the area in and about Sant Antoni de Portmany or south from Ibiza town towards ses Salines.

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French tourists Perrine Demets (left) Delphine Pollet, and Come Dubois (right)

kick up their heels as they celebrate Christmas on Sydney's Bondi Beach

[Pooky 3,782]

So, let's review, the worst tourist crown has passed from

Brits (but they learned, apparently)

Germans (They did too!)

Russians

French...

Maybe we just don't like tourists? No wait...we just don't like TIGHT FISTED tourists.

Now if you narrow this study to "Tourists who visit Ibiza".... the UK is still kings.

I know exactly what you mean. Particularly the area in and about Sant Antoni de Portmany or south from Ibiza town towards ses Salines.

I thought the UK annexed Ibiza a while ago in its renewed "Imperialist Expansion"

[almaty 19]

f##king frenchies