The Worst Tourists?

[sysyphus]

Although most of the criticisms toward British tourists are warranted, should note that they really only apply to the older generations of Brits, generally 50+, and of course the firm types following their favourite football team on the road (I had the less than pleasurable experience of dealing with such a group of West Ham supporters on their recent visit to Toronto).

Most younger Brits though are as enlightened and courteous as anybody else.

 

[GinandTonic]

Dunno about that. Couple of hundred chavs utterly wasted in the med somewhere are just awful.

 

[really]

Dunno about that. Couple of hundred chavs utterly wasted in the med somewhere are just awful.

He hasn't experienced them as Chavs can't afford to cross the Atlantic on dole money / minimum wage. Malia is about as far as they go.

 

[Shekwan]

He hasn't experienced them as Chavs can't afford to cross the Atlantic on dole money / minimum wage. Malia is about as far as they go.

Yeah thats true, but some of them are pretty well off but still scumbags. Their preference will always be a random mediteranean island no matter what their bank balance is.

 

[sysyphus]

It's not like we don't have that kind over here.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

A pole about tourists and no Japanese? Almost every woman I have met in Japan has two hobbies. Shopping and traveling. I've gone on a few of these so called trips with some of them. They take a picture every time they take three step. This is not stereotyping or exxageration. I have done research and shed lots of tears. I even went to Yellowstone with 4 of them.

 

[philippe]

I lived in Bruges for 2 months and i can agree with the japanese and chinese being special.. but they are pretty harmless, pretty polite and in Paris i found the chinese couple on honeymoon way more interesting (and the woman was rather nice, but she could have been a lot better if she shaved her armpits if you get what i mean ) then the four cali girls, pretty hot too, but a bit too boring to talk to.

But, yeah, a horde of japanese can be quite flashing.

 

[Benefactor]

Yeah thats true, but some of them are pretty well off but still scumbags. Their preference will always be a random mediteranean island no matter what their bank balance is.

Ibeza, Costa del Sol, & Prague.

Most Chavs want to go to, (but never seem to) Amsterdam.

 

[philippe]

Ibeza, Costa del Sol, & Prague.

Most Chavs want to go to, (but never seem to) Amsterdam.

I found Amsterdam very laidback for a capital. But i guess why those chavs won't go to amsterdam: Gabbers(who eat chav's for breakfast) and next to the endless pot supply there isn't much to go out too and get drunk and scold the natives with impunity.

And their abscense is good for the poeple who like to drop in at the Rijksmuseum

 

[DNK]

Oh, dammit! I thought I put the Japanese in there. I'm seriously pissed at myself now. They were supposed to be the #2 option. Oh well...

Me and polls don't mix.

I'm amazed no one has chosen the Aussies. I thought they were pretty wild.

 

[sonorakitch]

Israelis are the worst. Period.

I have traveled extensively all over the world, and typically the Israelis are unpleasant. I have had some run-ins with French tourists, and the Germans are pretty brash. British seem fine.

Living near the Grand Canyon, I find the Japanese to be annoying but pleasant. French sometimes smell, but the worst again is the Israelis.

I find that Americans actually tend to be pretty friendly, and you don't see many of them apart from in Europe. Perhaps that is why the idea that American tourists are the worst: they only run around Europe and than it is: "Wow honey, look at what we saved from utter destruction!".

~Chris

 

[lutzj]

Germans are, by far, the most annoying tourists here in the Northeast (US). They don't tip often, and those tight clothes... . Also there's a huge influx of them right now because the dollar is so weak...

 

[scy12]

The Japanese must have relapsed their hands with Mecha Cameras. I have never seen them not taking a picture. It is like it's an extension of their hands.

 

[emzie]

Thanks for the list. I've heard that businesses (owners mostly) love Americans for precisely this reason: they don't get nearly as much feedback from the more "polite" natives. If there's one thing Americans are good at, it's complaining. Just be glad you don't have to work in customer service in America. It's like dealing with American tourists, except everyone's an American tourist It's enough to drive you mad..

Oh, I worked for AT&T wireless and yeah, Americans can be quite petty and infuriating. I had a guy ask me for a curiosity credit cause the first agent he spoke with was "Indian or some kind of Asian"

... though most my calls came from the south.

 

[Godwynn]

Oh, I worked for AT&T wireless and yeah, Americans can be quite petty and infuriating. I had a guy ask me for a curiosity credit cause the first agent he spoke with was "Indian or some kind of Asian"

... though most my calls came from the south.

Heh, my dad was on Norton Anti-Virus tech support and called the guy a Towel head because he could not understand him.

 

[silver 2039]

The French are arrogant snobs. I was at the airport in Bombay and all I heard were some French tourists biatching constantly about everything and how they would never come to Mumbai again. Whatever get over it.

I think after the French its the Amerikans.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Indian tourists are actually pretty bad. Indians seem to have this thing about proving their domination over people in the service industry by purposely making their job as hard as possible. Americans are picky because they want what they want. Indians are picky for the sake of being picky.

I hate being treated like I am some lower class. There isn't a freakin caste system here. Don't make me prove my physical domination over you (generic Indian tourist)!

 

[jeps]

Although most of the criticisms toward British tourists are warranted, should note that they really only apply to the older generations of Brits, generally 50+, and of course the firm types following their favourite football team on the road (I had the less than pleasurable experience of dealing with such a group of West Ham supporters on their recent visit to Toronto).

Most younger Brits though are as enlightened and courteous as anybody else.

You had the pleasure of meeting the West Ham supporters as well? I was not at the Game, but I was in the area on the 24th... It made Montreal hockey fans after a stanley cup win look like angels.

 

[Red Door]

Japanese tourists are just annoying...

 

[Shekwan]

I found Amsterdam very laidback for a capital. But i guess why those chavs won't go to amsterdam: Gabbers(who eat chav's for breakfast) and next to the endless pot supply there isn't much to go out too and get drunk and scold the natives with impunity.

And their abscense is good for the poeple who like to drop in at the Rijksmuseum

Going there for the second time next week and I probably wouldn't be if there were many chav types from the UK and Ireland. I saw a few around the RLD last time but thats about it. I don't plan on doing any window shopping anyways. The Rijksmuseum is amazing, the Rembrandt expo there would have blown my mind even if there wasn't some herbal assistance.

Excuse my ignorance, but whats a Gabber?