Posted on 07/09/2009 11:39:02 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Quelle merde!
IT certianly was the case in england when i was there... very pushy and arrogant....
I guess that explains why I never see many French tourists in Thailand. Americans tend to be over conscious of the "Ugly American" stigma and as a result, I seldom see a bad American tourist except the drunks (in any nationality, they tend to be jerks). Of course, I am an American and may be discounting their shortcomings, but I don't think so. Japanese are very polite but Chinese are often rude. Australians are frequently a little wild. Germans seem afraid of being cheated and Canadians are always afraid they will be mistaken for Americans. British are great with locals but critical of Americans.
My stereotypes for what they are worth -- nothing.
The worlds rudest tourists and the rudest TO tourists.
Maybe the French are just rude.
You’re just jealous because their wives have better mustaches than your wife...
“Maybe the French are just rude.”
My brother-in-law’s mother was in France shortly after World War II, as well as several times since, and that is her opinion.
As a bartender in Las Vegas for over 12 years.The rudest are The French,followed at close second by German’s and The Ruskies.The friendliest are The Aussies,New Zealanders and The Irish.There has been many occasions I would of loved to be able to smack a rude Frenchie.
Oh yeah an they smell terrible.
Oui oui.
Nah, it’s the Saudi tourists.
actually i am jealous because their women have better facial hair then I do... I will admit it.
Shocking!!!
Now hold on. I thought we've been told that the French are oh so cosmopolitan and worldly and so much smarter and better than Americans because they travel and know the world.
Or have I been listening to too many liberal elitists?
Hard to say - the few I’ve met have been terrific guests. But I do have a friend from Montreal whose forehead veins start bulging when you mention them. I think it’s a language issue between his French and theirs.
They should ask the Irish since we saw/heard numerous French accents on a recent trip there. No interaction with any French. Plenty of German tourists in Ireland also.
Before my wife and I took a trip to Ireland we read a book called "Keep to the Left" by a Minnesota man about a trip he and his wife made to Ireland about seven years ago. He made frequent accusations of rude Americans he met on his trip. So we didn't know what to expect. In two and one half weeks going around Ireland, including five days in Dublin, we didn't run into one American tourist that resembled the rude Americans the man (college professor) from Minnesota claimed he ran into. I'm not saying they're not out there, I'm just saying we didn't see any rude Yanks while over there. And yes, we did run into a number of Americans there.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
