Comments on: Brits voted 2nd worst tourists, just ahead of the French. http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/05/24/brits-voted-2nd-worst-tourist-just-ahead-of-the-french/ Online interactive travel magazine about authentic travel in Europe on a modest budget Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:41:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: karen http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/05/24/brits-voted-2nd-worst-tourist-just-ahead-of-the-french/#comment-11908 karen Thu, 24 May 2007 20:15:58 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/05/24/brits-voted-2nd-worst-tourist-just-ahead-of-the-french/#comment-11908 Looks like I was wrong in calling the Brit's the 2nd worst tourists when in fact they are the 5th worst! However not a great day for Britian in the allure stakes as the Lonely Planet guide find Brits to be "obsessed with celebrity with more people voting for TV shows than in political elections, hooked on internet porn and addicted to junk and ready made food." http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2573294.ece Looks like I was wrong in calling the Brit’s the 2nd worst tourists when in fact they are the 5th worst! However not a great day for Britian in the allure stakes as the Lonely Planet guide find Brits to be “obsessed with celebrity with more people voting for TV shows than in political elections, hooked on internet porn and addicted to junk and ready made food.”
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2573294.ece

]]> By: Kyle http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/05/24/brits-voted-2nd-worst-tourist-just-ahead-of-the-french/#comment-11902 Kyle Thu, 24 May 2007 18:54:16 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/05/24/brits-voted-2nd-worst-tourist-just-ahead-of-the-french/#comment-11902 I think Reuters was referring to the same poll in its "Oddly Enough" section... "Swiss tourists were commended for being quiet and considerate, unlike the Britons who were judged to be the fifth worst tourists because of rude behavior, noise and a miserly attitude to tipping." Britain is second for being the "worst" dressed tourist....! http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL2273073120070523?feedType=RSS I think Reuters was referring to the same poll in its “Oddly Enough” section…

“Swiss tourists were commended for being quiet and considerate, unlike the Britons who were judged to be the fifth worst tourists because of rude behavior, noise and a miserly attitude to tipping.”

Britain is second for being the “worst” dressed tourist….!

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL2273073120070523?feedType=RSS

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