Fwd: De onbeschoftste toeristen

[Henk Vreekamp]

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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2137729.stm
>
>Friday, 19 July, 2002, 10:13 GMT 11:13 UK
>British 'world's worst tourists'
>
>The British scored poorly in the survey
>
>Britons have been labelled the world's worst holidaymakers in a survey of
>tourist boards around the globe.
>
>Research by online travel service Expedia suggests Brits abroad are the
>least well-regarded by foreigners.
>
>They are the rudest, meanest, worst-behaved, most linguistically incompetent
>and least adventurous holidaymakers, the study published on Friday claims.
>
>But the Germans are generally welcomed and topped the poll of tourist
>offices in 17 countries worldwide.
>
>Categories included behaviour, politeness, willingness to learn the
>language, trying local delicacies and spending on the local economy.
>
>And overall, the British finished bottom of the league table of 24 nations,
>which was topped by the Germans, Americans and Japanese.
>
>Germans were the best-behaved and the British, Irish and Danish the worst.
>
>The behaviour of British tourists was recently in the spotlight when 13 were
>arrested on the Greek island of Faliraki, in a police crackdown on lewd
>behaviour.
>
><snip>
>
>Top tourists
>1st Germans
>2nd Americans
>3rd Japanese
>4th Italians
>5th = French, Norwegians, Swedes
>
>Worst tourists
>17th = Argentines, New Zealanders, Czechs, Finns
>21st Indians
>22nd = Irish, Israelis
>24th British
>The Brits also seemed to make least effort in speaking the local language, a
>quality excelled by the Germans, French and Americans.

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