I paesi con i peggiori turisti

The comments from the interviewed locals are hilarious.

Americans / Israelis, same chosen people behavior, you owe us everyTHING

>“In high season, I tell French customers that we’re full, so keeping rooms free for Britons. British people let themselves go a little on holiday. The French spend a lot of time looking anxious.”

I see this is a more widespread practice than I thought. In Algarve (Portugal) theres areas where it’s next to impossible to get any service as a local without getting the stink eye because they’re all fishing for the British and Germans. I mean, I know why they do it so w/e, but then the pandemic happened and those same types were begging on TV for Portuguese people to come vacation with them to save the tourism in Algarve… Yeah no, I’d rather go to places where it doesn’t take a once in a lifetime crisis for them to want to make me feel welcomed. 

This is a great quote:

‘You haven’t seen a pilgrimage until you’ve seen Spanish pilgrims letting loose at around 11pm in Lourdes.’

Genuinely good article, basically most tourists are nice people but when there’s large groups on drinking holidays they’re not nice.

As someone who works in hospitality

Best guests: Norway, Germany, South Korea (love you all and thank you for being understanding and respectful)

Worst:

UK (just because you are drunk you are not above the local laws),

China (its a buffet breakfast, we refill, you dont have to take 3kg of food with you just to leave 90% on your plate to be thrown out)

Israel ( i hate stereotypes but PLEASE, you dont need to argue with front desk for 40 minutes to claim 0,75EUR discount just because you saw prices that cheaper on some shady wholesaler website)

I worked in a 4-star Bulgarian hotel and those are my impressions of the nationalities I’ve interacted with.  

*Germans* : very unbothered and understanding. The good thing about them is that they don’t get hysterical whenever something doesn’t go their way. The bad thing about them is that they will open the door stark naked and badly drunk. They are very generous and thankful to the staff. Messy as fuck though. 

*Ukrainians* : I hate to slander my fellow countrymen but we steal. Both the staff and the guests. I’ve seen at least three Ukrainians try to sneakely carry food out of the restaurant and then pretend they didn’t see the warning sign in 4 languages by the entrance. However, we aren’t messy and we are generally polite enough to the staff. 

*Brits* : Probably, the least annoying tourists I’ve encountered. Polite, clean, generous, respectful of the local culture. Maybe, it’s because mostly poor ones travel to Bulgaria, but our British guests were fantastic. 

*Turks* : Emotional and generous. If they tip you, they tip a lot. They are very nice to the staff but, maybe, too nice. It’s a very informal kind of politeness. They are loud and messy though. My Turkish co-workers were also quite lazy, but good people otherwise. 

“Italians talk all the time with their hands, and they drink a lot of coffee – they are like Greeks only on amphetamines,”

This article is the funniest shit I’ve read in a long time.

I work in tourism in Sweden. We’ve received German, Belgian and French teenagers in large groups. In terms of how well behaved they are i would say Belgian, German and French (a distant third. Very distant). And if we’re talking about nationalities in general. Swiss, Belgian, German, Dutch, French.

I’ve literally never met a swiss person i didn’t feel I could just be homies with. Not a single bad experience ever. Same with the Belgians. They get an odd rotten apple but they are very very close to the Swiss in terms of pleasantness. We get by far more Germans than any other nationality, so of course there’s gonna be a few bad experiences, which I’ll admit color my perspective but still 7/10.

Getting into the weeds now. We get mostly Belgians from the Dutch speaking part (Flemish), and I find their dutch a lot nicer to listen to. If you know, you know. So speaking of the actual Dutch. They’re like the Americans of Europe. Loud, care free and doesn’t take instructions well. They honestly fall well below the top 3. I might be a bit too introverted to appreciate their energy but speaking strictly for me, most are quite obnoxious.

Now the French.. We’ve had few adults but those have been average. They don’t really speak English super well so communication can be hard. I don’t really have any negative to say per se, bearing that in mind. But the teenage groups are fucking insane. They always injure themselves and cause a ruckus. I told one of their troop leaders that they must have revolution still in their blood lol. They’re not mean spirited, just wild. Don’t listen to instructions.

Most nationalities are more or less ok. Some are very similar. Like Germans and Austrians (just my observations).

I think the Dutch are probably the ones I personally have the hardest time with. I mean. I’m somewhat of an introvert AND Swedish, so compare that with my description of them. Not a good mix.

Had a few Danes. Yes they drink like fish but they’re fun. Swedes are very mixed bag. Cam be hit or miss depending on where they’re from. Haven’t had to deal with Finns at work, but they’re part of Swedish society. There’s a lot of Finnish Ancestry here. Like *a lot*. When I was growing up I had people at my school who were 2nd and 3rd gen. And they tend to flock together more often than not so Finnish surnames are very common even though most 3rd gen onwards don’t know a full sentence of Finnish.

Anyway. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk lol.

As a tourist doing touristy stuff I have to say Chinese. Zero consideration to others, always in large groups. Not loud, but not quiet either. around sites people tend to be considerate of people taking photos and walk around them or ait until they are done. Not Chinese, they’ll see you and just walk in front of you.

As a Belgian I am obliged to say, Dutchies you are loud and we want peace and quiet on our holidays.

Lived in Bruges a bit and had a lot of spanish students there as well. They were loud and annoying and can barely speak English. Chinese students often didn’t clean after themselves in the kitchen.

Loads of people just standing around in the middle of the streets or sitting down in the middle of the road for a selfie. They forget, cars and busses actually still use those roads

The Spanish just hate everyone apparently

Engerlaaaaand 💪🍻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Ain’t even opened it yet, i know we’re top

In parts of south Italy it’s just an invasion of Germans in camper vans and I’ve been surprised over the years just how annoying they can be. “Yes let’s all drive gigantic off-road vans and campers with only two people in them and congest tiny roads with already bad infrastructure…” che rottura di palle…

So the French like the Brits but the Spanish dont?

I think this survey misses an important point: the kind of Brit who goes to visit museums, chateux and vineyards is not the same kind of Brit who goes partying in Ibiza. Its not the countries that are different but the type of Brits that they are seeing.