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Derek Gale

Best Tourists For Hoteliers? It's The Japanese
June 5, 2008

Today's List of the Day is by hoteliers, for hoteliers.

Expedia recently surveyed more than 4,000 hoteliers from around the globe to get their opinions on the best overall travelers based on their best and worst travel traits and habits (categories included manners, generosity, tidiness, fashion sense and propensity to complain, among others).

Here are the results of Expedia's First Global Best Tourist Survey:

- The Japanese are considered by hoteliers as the best overall tourists.

- German and British tourists tied for second place, followed by Canadians and the Swiss.

- American tourists came in at No. 11, considered noisy, untidy and far from the best dressers (although we did earn points for being the most generous, being willing to sampling local cuisine and making efforts to speak at least a few phrases in the local language).

- In case you had any doubt, the stylish Italians and French were named best dressed. But the French also have the unfortunate distinction of beeing seen as the most fiscally conservative. The Germans, meanwhile, are considered the tidiest tourists, just ahead of the Japanese.

From what I know of these people and their cultures, none of these results are particularly suprising. That said, I'll leave you with one final note from Expedia.com's Karyn Thale:

"We hope the results inspire Americans to keep up their generosity and cultural curiosity, and convince them to leave the white tennis shoes and fanny packs at home!"

Posted by Derek Gale on June 5, 2008 | Comments (0)