The Travelling Fairy DancerWorld's Most Hated Travellers
July 2nd 2008 08:14
Oh what a transient list this is. And everyone seems to have a different opinion, often depending on your own country of birth/residence.
A recent survey of hoteliers, by an online travel company, listed the French, Indians and Chinese as the worst tourists, based on categories such as manners, generosity and trying to absorb local culture. Russians have topped other polls and Americans are ever present, hovering near the most hated due to a perceived inability to speak quietly.
The humble smile has much to do with hasty judgements. Australians and Americans often find non-smiling people unfriendly, but, in many places, smiling at strangers in the street equates to weird lunacy. Simple variations of body language can cause mass assumptions among tourists.
Australians never quite seem to top any lists of the best travellers (often the Japanese do) despite being friendly and polite, due to a more than casual approach to dressing and a strange tendency to avoid the food of other cultures while overseas.
Personally, I've stumbled upon some annoying, frustrating, unhelpful and rude travellers in many countries, from many countries (including my own). Thankfully, people such as this have been few and far between and I can't pinpoint a theme in terms of nationalities.
And you?
A recent survey of hoteliers, by an online travel company, listed the French, Indians and Chinese as the worst tourists, based on categories such as manners, generosity and trying to absorb local culture. Russians have topped other polls and Americans are ever present, hovering near the most hated due to a perceived inability to speak quietly.
The humble smile has much to do with hasty judgements. Australians and Americans often find non-smiling people unfriendly, but, in many places, smiling at strangers in the street equates to weird lunacy. Simple variations of body language can cause mass assumptions among tourists.
Australians never quite seem to top any lists of the best travellers (often the Japanese do) despite being friendly and polite, due to a more than casual approach to dressing and a strange tendency to avoid the food of other cultures while overseas.
Personally, I've stumbled upon some annoying, frustrating, unhelpful and rude travellers in many countries, from many countries (including my own). Thankfully, people such as this have been few and far between and I can't pinpoint a theme in terms of nationalities.
And you?
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