Who are the Worst Tourists??
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To be specific, the worst kind of tourists are the loud tourists, no matter the nationality.
Yup.
Loud, entitled and ignorant tourists
loud AND belligerent
Loud and arrogant. The ones that aren’t willing to be respectful to anyone.
What a convoluted way of saying Americans
American, British, Australian and French Tourists: We are the worst tourists
Chinese Tourists: Allow us to introduce ourselves.
As a Chinese American that has traveled to China. I fully agree. At least those other tourists stop their kids from shitting on the street
I am Australian and you are right. But, there are two types of Australian tourists. There are the bogans/larikans and then there are those who are more respectful and polite. Unfortunately there are more bogans than those who are respectful. When I travel I normally say I'm from New Zealand. And that gets me around a lot of problems.
The worst part about my fellow french is that only 10 maybe 15% of the population speak english fluently. That's like the basic thing to do before traveling but at school, in a class of 30 kids you will only have 2-3 students, 5 if it's a good class, that practice and want to improve in English.
Beside being impossible to understand in another country, we are pretty respectful in foreign country. We like and learn a lot about our history so generally we like to lean history and culture of other countries.
don't forget Russian tourist.
For Chinese, it's SPECIFICALLY mainland tourist groups. It's like a compounding effect that amplifies the worst elements. Taiwanese, Hong Kong tourists are totally different.
The only tourist I ever found taking a dump on the stairs to my office were Chinese so there’s that. And it didn’t happen once.
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Germans: *on their way to the beach with socks and sandal to reserve a spot with their towel for the next 8 hours*
The czech do that too 😂
With a bit of luck, this is mostly a boomer problem and will hopefully go away with time😂🙏
Not to mention always digging holes in someone else bloody beach.
@@PrincessLockette Don't forget packing stuff from the buffet for later 😂
Oh yeah xD This is a familiar memory from a longer trip we once took
Another were the Russian tourists, who took a whole cake over to their table when they were supposed to only take like a singular slice and all that
I was solo travelling in Japan in 2019 and, as an Italian, I'm naturally quite loud when I talk and yes, also hands. I did my absolute best to tone down my voice every time I was around, and was very careful not to inconvenience people in the metro. During my last days in Tokyo, I was riding next to an American couple who needed to get off at least three metro stops earlier. How did I know? They were talking SO LOUD about their business everyone was just aggressively staring at them, and in 5 minutes I learned half of what they were planning to do.
The couple realised I was the only Western-looking person in the car and approached me to help them out in English, which I was very happy to do...except when they yelled "I'M SORRY YOU'RE SPEAKING SO SOFTLY I CAN'T HEAR YOU?" when I was explaining.
I swear I saw at least six people breaking their frown into a smile witnessing me experience second-hand embarassment in a culture that isn't even mine...
Whispering/keeping your voice down is a rare activity in the USA. The only time its considered polite to bother is in movie theaters or libraries. 95% of the time Americans are whispering, its because they are saying something a bit embarrassing or gossipy, and so have chosen to lower their voice. In a weird reversal, I think this makes whispering considered somewhat rude in the USA.
Whenever I've been abroad and heard fellow Brits be loud or obnoxious, I've always walked over to try and sought the situation out, and then felt so embarrassed that I have to apologise on their behalf, Europe most people are used to it though
That is interesting, I was in Rome with my Thai wife and she found Italians impolite, loud dark voices. I as I am German am totally in love with Italians…
@@rmoshammer They are Romans😂 In Italy they are a bit stereotyped as rude and with poor manners but also as funny people. But their impoliteness can also come from the fact they have to deal with so many tourists and many tourists don't know how to behave and act like Rome is Disneyland. So I guess it is 50/50.
@@Alex.Holland It REALLY depends on where you are, like each state has its own culture around this. I live in LA and being too loud can be seen as rude. But go to like...montana and loud greetings are considered friendly. I just dislike being too loud personally.
Chinese guy here, I can confirm we're one of, if not the worst group of tourists out there. Some of us try to stand out of the way, but most of us will not give a single shit how much we're inconveniencing literally everyone around us
"Please queue for food and take one item"
>old chinese people literally crowd the area and start piling their plates
Damm,isn't China isolated on the internet? Like you need a vpn to enter Chinese platforms from China or if you're Chinese a vpn to enter other platforms and see other comments beside Chinese?
@@blizzard1198 I may be Chinese but I don't live in China dude come on
@@theblackunicorn261 apologies blackunicorn 😔
@@blizzard1198 also, it doesn't apply in parts of China like Hong Kong or Macau (I think)
IBIZA MENTIONED.
I work as a receptionist in a hotel and the British moms are one of the worst clients we have. They complain about everything all the time even when the thing they are complaining is the standard. And then you have the french that don't even try to communicate with you in an other language that is not french even when they are in another country where almost no one speaks french.
just because it's the standard doesn't mean it can't be better though
@@porcorosso4330 I know what are you saying and I encourage it but in my case for example, I work in a 3 star hotel that the clients pay dirty cheap prices trough agencies and they expect the same class and standards of a luxury 5 star hotel. In my experience all the british clients we usually have in the island expect that we locals threat them like kings even when they are paying a misery.
I've seen some french who refuse to try other languages other than like english. They're the type that go to resorts and insulate themselves from other cultures and people
From my personal experience, Australian tourists are pretty chill and friendly. They're really curious too, and are open to learn more about my country. Brits are pretty nice, they're respectful and tend to mince their words especially when talking about things they don't understand about my country. Americans.. are friendly, but they tend to be loud. There was a time when I was riding a bus and it was dead silent except for a family of American tourists. At first I thought that they were being purposely rude, but the more I listened the more I thought that they just don't have an inside voice..
As an Australian, the reason why we get a bad reputation as tourists is because of the quality of people. Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam (South-east Asia) are the cheapest places to go to from Australia, since they're the most affordable destinations, you get a lot of rowdier young people wanting to party and get drunk. I'm going to bet Aussie tourists in Europe/US or East Asia (China, Korea, Japan) are more well behaved.
@@miks_w8945 I'm actually from Malaysia so I kinda understand where ur coming from. And to be fair, the places I've met Aussie tourists are usually the kind of places where you bring your whole family to like beaches, nature, historical sites etc, maybe that's why they're more chill. I'm not a party guy so I haven't gone to a lot of bars and clubs so I dunno what's the Aussie tourist experience there like lol ..
@@miks_w8945 I think you nailed it here, and I think that's why Americans have such a bad rap, as back in the day, America was probably the first country where regular joes could travel abroad.
@@Alex.Holland whites and they shouldn’t they should stay in America the poc of the us are fine.
Americans aren't loud. Everyone else is just quiet 😮
Worst tourists usually comes down to where/why they are there and those reasons are more common from certain areas, rather than a certain area producing the worst tourists universally.
Agreed. I would add that any 4+ group of 18-30 year olds is often there for the wrong reasons. Couples, solo travellers, small groups of backpackers are usually OK.
@@dartholemewspaceinvader6333 I've feel like I've heard this in a stand up skit?
@@zachrohler1047 Maybe. I have been guilty of being in that group and also looking down on that group as I've gotten older. Also, a group of loud drunk people are far more identifiable as a nationality than a quieter, smaller group. So there can be perfectly fine tourists from a certain country/area but people will recognise the ones that are obnoxious.
Don't shoot the messenger, but when it comes to Japan, my Japanese and expat Japanese resident friends tell me Australians and Mainland Chinese are the worst.
As a American resident in a city that is full of tourists... The tourists are fine! I don't have any complaints.
Went on a school trip to france recently and was at the saturday market. We bought some posters and the guy at the stall was trying to ask us if we wanted it wrapped. It took us a while of decifering until someone finally remembered that the word he was saying had something to do with gifts. But bro, the french people were so nice, they were trying so hard to help us understand and trying to speak to us in english where they could and it was honestly so nice.
It wasnt like we were anywhere big, we were in Dieppe at the very edge of the country
Parisians are "big city rude." In Normandy, dang, those people were great. Loved it. Would like to go to Provence someday.
Just avoid Paris and most french people are nice in fact.
It's just Paris is something apart Parisian's hate pretty much anyone and mostly Parisian's
"emballé" was the word I'm guessing?
@Clayton Barnett yep. People in Paris are rude in the same way people in NY are rude. They deal with a lot of tourists and big cities have this kind of "fast pace, no bullshit" type of feel.
On top of that, French people are overall fairly confrontational culturally. Not in a bad way. They are just straight with you and people that are from culture that fake niceness aren't used to that sort of straightforward attitude.
Americans are the perfect example of surface level nice, bitchy underneath
I've been to France a couple times now, and I have to say that the people I've met have been wonderful. I was nervous, because you hear such horror stories and my ability to speak French may actually be less than zero. But in Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseilles, and yes, even in Paris, almost universally, people were just lovely. Of course, I've also had great luck with meeting wonderful people in New York City, too, and they get a bad reputation for being rude.
Despite their reputation, the American tourists that we get here during cruise ship season are absolutely lovely. They overwhelmingly polite and cheerful, if a bit naive. If anything, it's a bit of a culture shock/letdown for them when they experience how Vancouver doesn't live up to the "nice" stereotype sometimes. But yes, the worst by far are the ones that come from that big place across the ocean where all the container ships come from....
Which place?
@@anonymousinfinido2540 probably china
Definitely China, Chinese tourists that are from a average middle class family with no foreign etiquette.
Definitely China, it’s all about showing the photos to your environment to ‘gain face’.
I found Americans to be very NPC like in their conversation and braggy about themselves. But I think they are a close second to our Chinese overlords
Disney employees are waking up in a cold sweat rn remembering the Brazilian tour groups
Omg. Yes. Also, when I did my stint as a CP a bunch of Brazilians came in for the international program about halfway through. Dude, it's 12am and I just got off a long shift, I don't want 8 of you loudly singing and clapping on the bus ride home.
Out of all the tourist groups I've ever passed, either through traveling myself or just seeing them in my daily life, the Chinese are the only group to have publicly defecated. Multiple times...
Wha....
Japanese tourist used to be the "Chinese" tourist.
European country used to complain about Japanese peeing in public.
let's hope things will improve over time... that said I know if is probably not guaranteed... it probably will as living standards in China improve...
@@porcorosso4330 tbf, shitting outside is a whole other league from peeing outside...
You're kidding! That's disgusting.
May I ask in what country you witnessed this? 😅 I grew up in a city that is always absolutely SWARMED with Chinese tourists - haven’t seen one defecate ones. But now I‘m curious 😅
I know Japanese are considered polite, but once back in the 70s, a full bussload of japanese tourists chased my mum with cameras.
They saw a 7yo with white-blond hair and Swedish folkwear and lost their minds
Fun fact, due to Japan's absolutely booming economy in the 70s and 80s, many could afford to travel more and taking pictures was popular because all the most high end and popular cameras came from Japan, so they were familiar with the tech.
Asian tourists, most Chinese, still do this! at least here in São Paulo
Not saying it's the majority of them but definitely common to see
This still exists, I remember even the news covering it here in Finland. Apparently Japanese tourists love to take pictures of young blonde kıds without permission enough to make it into the news, not sure if any chasing was a part of it.
Also adding that they apparently do this also when you travel to Japan. My dad was there for a business trip and was just minding his own business when some people started taking pictures of him. He decided to do it back to them and they were so shocked. Like do they have no self awarness, do they not understand that that's how they're treating others??
As an Spanish person who is from the Canary Islands, people here are just tired of all tourists. Our economy depends on then but at the same time this business model is making our lives miserable.
As far as Mallorca and Ibiza people from there are just disgusted at this point. There’s a thing we call balconing, where for some fucking reason drunk brits throw themselves from high balconies into the pools, and sometimes they hit the floor around it instead. Why do I say this? Because some people there say that the summer season starts when the moment someone looses their lives over this each year. (No joke, it’s weirdly common)
I work in the travel industry and I equally hate these kind of british tourists. Mostly because I'm sick of dealing with their complaints that are their own fault. It makes me embarrassed to be from the same country as these people.
I equally don't understand the drinking culture. Imagine going on holiday and not remembering most of it because you're that wasted
I felt that vibe when I went to a couple of the Canary Islands between 2010-2014. The people were still very nice, but I could tell the place was oversaturated with tourists. The islands are beautiful though.
It's not much, but I'm sorry you have to deal with us
As a German who very much loves the Canary Islands, please accept my apologies for all annoying drunk German tourists who can't even utter a simple word in Spanish except cerveza 😭
@@D0MiN0ChAn Look, this goes for everyone here, It's not the individual toruist's fault (But if you come here to get wasted just do that at home) It's the fault of our corrupt politicians that sell us out to hotel and travel companies.
They are the ones making us work for shit wages, they're the ones proffiting off our suffering and they're the ones stealing our wealth for themselves.
When I was talking to our Airbnb hosts in Japan during our trip in April 2019, they told us that the ones that they don’t like were Chinese or Koreans.
In Osaka, we were exploring the Osaka Museum that is by Osaka Castle. Anyways, as we are walking around, there is a group of school kids, roughly junior high, ahead of us. Now I assumed at first that there were Japanese, but as we paid more attention to them, they seemed very rowdy, were very loud, touching everything and as we got closer to them I realized that they weren’t speaking Japanese. Also, we took note that a security guard was also kind of trailing us; which I assumed he thought maybe we were Americans (Canadians actually) and didn’t want us damaging anything. But as we are going, we start to realize he’s more so following the students. As we get near the end, I leaned over to my husband and said softly “I think those students are Korean. Or at least that’s what it sounds like they are speaking”
Before my husband can respond, the security guard, who I had not realized was really close to us, said in an annoyed tone “yes they are Korean. I’ve been following to make sure they behave and not break anything”
We were shocked how good his English was, and he even asked us where we were from in Canada; we had luggage tags with the Canadian flags on our back packs in case we ever misplaced them. But he also said that when Chinese and a Korean students visit they usually have him watch over them.
And finally the second thing, was I walked into a bathroom at a train station in Osaka, and the one stall is covered in shit. It was as if someone took a poop, purposefully missed the squat toilet and then finger painted it all over the stall. A Japanese woman then walked in and I pointed at the messy stall and said “don’t use, very gross”. She looks confused, pokes the door open and steps back aghast. Before I can even say anything else, she says in perfect English “Fucking Chinese people!”
Then she turns around and walks out.
As an American, I actually would sympathize with Koreans if they wanted to vandalize a castle built by a warlord who brought untold death and destruction to Korea.
If they pry some shingles off and bring them home, it's just poetic justice.
The truth is many japanese people are still bigoted against any asian or dark-skinned country other than japnese. That's not to say those Koreans or chynese you mentioned weren't behaving badly but more often than not japanese people will racially profile out of bigotry.
@@blackbelt2000 hence why some Japanese people don't like different foreigners sometimes visiting their country.
I was in Osaka during COVID. I saw an Asian man coughing in public without covering his mouth. I remember betting with myself that he's Chinese and not Japanese
@@hypothalapotamus5293 yeah like Koreans are all saints. They committed nearly a genocide against the Vietnamese, and they had a history of slavery spanning over 1500 years. They don't care about their kept Korean women, they only use them as a point against Japan. Nearly every group of humans has a point where they were just awful to another group, that includes Americans.
In any era, the worst tourists come from wherever there are a lot of new rich.
“This martini is fucking delicious!”
Yup. That pretty much sums up American tourist girls overseas. On point.
and it's probably not even a real martini.
Also a good advice: learn phrases that people might say back to you in their language. It doesn't help if you can ask for something and don't understand them. Also even if you cannot speak the language, just be calm and polite.
I‘m ashamed that I never thought of that😂
As far as Japanese goes, you should also memprize food items if you can't read their syllabary or kanji.
I just checked a poll about this. Apparently the worst Tourists in Europe are the British and Russians, and the worst tourists in Asia are Chinese. Obviously, Japanese tourists are some of the best, and Australians are pretty popular too.
I heard it’s mostly because the British get really belligerent when drinking on holiday.
@@Kouu17 Karen culture is a big problem with british tourists too.
First time I went to Osaka I got some melon pan at a food stall. I was second in line when I saw the Chinese tourist in front of me yell at the employee and throw the melon pan at her. The employee looked like she wanted to burst out crying but had to take my order next
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I can tell you, drunk Brits became part of the landscape of Kraków, Poland at this point. I recently even watched British guy's vlog from here and he stumbled upon a group his drunk countrymen and they were yelling and singing and one dude took off his pants and showed his ass to the camera 😂 The vlogger was horrified.
😂
Which vlogger 😂
You would think Wow shuttering should have helped the situation.
Brits are pretty bad tourists
There is a generational gap in those chinese tourist.
A lot of them are grandmas/pas from the old/poor generation when they had a very harss environment. The retirement age in China is 60 for males and 55 for females, so a lot of them make big groups and just travel around the world after the economic boom that the country has experienced in the recent 20 years.
A lot of those tourist are basically villager folks who don't know that much about outside customs and just go around with their own way. If you meet youngster from the 90s (even from the 80s), I bet you they would behave much more restraint or "polite" than those people from the old generation.
So just expect that the manners of that group of people to improve in the coming years.
I'll grant you that as the footage of some Chinese men and women I've seen are grabbing pigeons in a patk, and they look pretty old to say they were a survivor of the Great Leap Backwards.
Mao's leadership screwed up more than 1 generation.
1000's of years of confusionism/Buddhist ideals ruined by one man in one generation.
The Japanese were notorious tourists in the 60s. Koreans replaced them in the 80s. Now a Chinese tourist
@@gunsroses1293 i mean they were always polite tho. A large percent of Chinese people lack manners
I can vouch for that, being a Chinese Member of Generation Z.
i went to a bookstore one time and to my shock honestly speaking. i heard the loudest korean tourists ever, picking out some pins or badges from the things that you turn around. you could hear them from every corner of the store which was really uncomfortable because nobody is ever this loud at a bookstore.
Yeah ew wow, I like bookstores cuz they are quiet, that'd make me leave
Australian tourists...well let me tell you, on our honeymoon, a KonTiki tour through England, Scotland and Wales 75% of the bus was crazy wild looking to party Australians. Us laid back Americans didn't know what to make of it all, then we started talking to them and we came to find out when they showed us their version of the KonTiki brochure, a bunch of drunk kids in togas partying vs the US brochure, people taking in the sights, walking through castles... it was the same tour, it was just sold to them as a booze/sex tour.... which for them it was.
Yeah Contiki is marketed as a fast-paced party experience in Australia 😂 Lots of alcohol and causal sex heavily implied
Bad Tourists story: I was flying from Bali to Jakarta back in 1999 and a pack of Dutch tourists (yeah, Dutch, the former colonizers of Indonesia) were being so loud and obnoxious (most likely drunk), they had the Indonesian military meet the plane. I was the first person off that jet and those military guys looked so pissed off, I just got the hell out of there. God only knows what happened to those idiots....
Lucky,the Dutch colonized my country,forced us to learn they're language and now it's mandatory in school in some provinces and if you fail it,you fail the term the name is Afrikaans and I can give never hated a language more with a passion especially since many kids have problem learning it and fail.
The teachers even tell us,you've been learning this language for any number if years,how are you still struggling? Like if majority is struggling with it,What do you think that's says?
I understand English but why do I have to learn the language of a country on a whole other continent,that colonized us and I even have to pass it,to pass the year? We don't even use Afrikaans and the excuses our teachers would use are so bullshit and it's even worse because born Afrikaans have a higher advantage then non Afrikaans in it.
Considering the year was only a year after the tragic May 1998, I think those Dutch guys were really fcked by that mulitary guy, iykwim
Unfortunately the Australian tourists in Bali have a really bad reputation due to the fact that it's quite affordable compared to Europe or America, which attracts what we call bogans. Getting drunk and obnoxious etc, and most of them tend to gather on the same beaches. The locals have to tolerate their behaviour since tourism is the lifeblood of Bali, sadly.
Not all Chinese tourist are terrible but if there are terrible tourist odds are they’re Chinese. Special shout-out to the Israelis too.
If the population of Israel was 10x bigger, they would definitely be near the top of most lists! Nothing against Israelis in general but some will literally trash rooms, leave without paying and overall don't respect non-Israelis. Especially the ones who have just come out of their compulsory military service and travel to another country to cut loose.
@Pomppomp as someone who live in place that encounters them(Chinese) a lot
Chinese tourist are the worst! Because for someone reason they don't understand cultural different, act like karen 24/7, public excretion (solid and liquid) on the floor, stole item as suvenir(even a rock or coral they will steal), throw garbage everywhere and they are really REALLY LOAD
And small group is bad but when they come in 50+ group you down for some "HELL TIME TO BE ALIVE" moment
Note: what i describe up there are mostly apply to only mainland Chinese , Taiwanese and Hong Kong are pretty pretty good tourist to be encounters and should be treat with respect
@Pomppomp they are
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What do israeli tourists do?
Either Chinese, American, or French Tourists. It’s definitely one of the three.
Add Germans to the mix.
As a German I also agree that you should add Germans to the mix. I always pretend I'm from Switzerland and pray they don't know swiss german.
@@Aki-gb8gm well unless your in Libya, I doubt anyone would take any issue with a Swiss tourist.
(Look up Switzerland and Libya if your not familiar with why)
Sounds like you have never met russian tourist
@@Aerondogo germans depend on the place. They‘re definitely by far the worst in Spain and Mallorca
I will keep this video in favourites bc I will travel to Japan in October so this might be helpful 👀
As someone from Scotland. People seem to love speaking to scottish people. I had a group of Germans call me over and handed me a bottle of alcohol to drink with them, all while they shouted abuse at English people. I have always felt welcome abroad.
Damn... I know our government is shitty, but it sucks that some people hate an entire nationality. Doesn't seem all that fair.
@@GudetamaSit its just tradition really, hating the english is a big part of history. I also wouldnt take it too seriously, its just fun to talk shit
This is true. The Scots, Irish and Welsh are very popular with other Europeans and bond over their shared hatred of us English!
@@GudetamaSitjust the way europe goes its all jokes anyways
Title: Who is the worst tourist?
Me, a brazilian: *sweats profusely*
Ngl the only time have problems with Brazilians are at Disney land and or world while only at those two places 😂
I don't think Brazilians are that bad.. compared to some potential candidates
Luckily Brazilians don't often get their machete past airport security, so they're pretty chill.
At least as an Indonesian in Bali, Australian tourist is kinda often be the troublemaker especially when it comes to driving safety. Even the Bali government have to ban tourists for driving scooter recently.
But maybe the reason is just the majority of tourists here are Australian
as an aussie, agreed. Australians seem to see bali as some kind of playground or something, lol
im an australian and i made a choice years ago to never visit bali because of the type on aussies that go there lol
Bali is Australia's universe sandbox, the only place where the interior has no adhan and people could have premarital intercourse without getting judged and where pork are ubiquitous although food handling is one of the worst in terms of hygiene in tourism level. Personally I prefer Molucca for the beach.
Bail is the Aussie Hawaii and Cancun all rolled into one, not surprised.
Yea, I heard the scooter and motorbike accidents also increasing in Bali recently, mostly tourists who careless about safety, even drunk while driving.
I just saw on Tiktok about 2 male foreign tourists laying down on the street (idk they're drunk or just stupid) then a motorbike just went thru them, don't give af at all.
One of the comment saying 'just another day in Bali'.
I was once riding the subway in Busan and a Latin tourist, (i couldnt discern if she was from Spain or Latin America), was talking a MILE a minute to her friend. Sometimes subways get a bit chatty with the older folks, but its generally pretty quiet.
Well, an ajusshi (Korean middle aged or older man), finally snapped and started SCREAMING at her to shut up, and she looked like she was about to piss herself.
The double standard here though is sometimes a group of older Koreans will chat up a storm on the train or subway and nobody besides their spouse or company employees have a chance in hell to get them to simmer down.
I've had bad encounters with the Chinese man. They just kinda waltz around the establishment like they own the place and even cut-off lines. Good thing though they have the concept of "saving face" when I "mildly" tell them off. This happened in the Philippines btw.
Cutting in line and even be confrontational in the Philippines is a big no-no 😅 Me is Filipino btw
As an American, I don't necessarily think we're the worst ~in general,~ but I think we have a bad rep for a reason. We are loud. I'm even quiet by American standards, but just the base volume in any average American communal setting is louder than any I've experienced in Europe or Asia. However, I think that those of us who are aware of this reputation and the reasons for it take extra steps to be sure that we're not contributing to the problem. A self-aware American tourist might be one of the loveliest people you'll ever meet. A bad American tourist may be the worst. What I will say is that once I was in a cafe in Bakewell with one of my friends (also American). The waiter heard us talking and came up and asked us if we were Canadian. We felt so flattered. Who are the worst tourists? Jury's still out, but it's definitely not Canada!
Canada doesnt have the worst tourists but they do have a habit in my limited experience with them of being kinda racist IN SOME contexts. Not normally. But it does tend to happen. When they come to LA they tend to be odd about mexicans. I have no idea why.
@@BOYVIRGO666 Odd how?
@@IzzyKawaiichi In my experience overly careful and worried. Though im not working with the largest sample size
As a french, the worst case of dumb tourist i see is the one who go in the middle of the road with a bussy car trafic just for taking selfie with the eiffel tower (i live in paris btw). Everytime i see this i'm like "what the fuck is wrong with you guys".
i used to work in the dining area of a hotel that was near our local event center and saw a lot of international tourists, and by far the worst i ever dealt with were french. it's been 10 years since i worked there but to this day if i hear french being spoken i'm automatically exasperated, like some sort of pavlovian response
as an Australian with an "Educated Australian" accent I'm almost always mistaken for someone from the UK (except by other Australian and people from the UK who hear that slight twang and just KNOW) and ether get told "oh you're English" or "oh you're British".... spoiler alert - this is almost always intoned in very different ways "oh... you're English (silently voiced: not another F**king larger lout yobbo!)" or "oh you're British (silently voiced: that's wonderful! I wonder if you've ever had tea with the Queen)?"
As a spaniard, British tourists in Spain are so disrespectful oh my GOD
I literally witnessed a Chinese dude spit on the floor of a Victoria Secret store in Las Vegas, I thought I was hallucinating, that's how shocked I was.
Funny thing, I went skiing in Hakuba (Nagano) during my exchange and the ski resorts were full of Aussies 😂😂 (I’m finnish btw). I felt like I was in a completely different country with the loud restaurants and no masks anywhere. Bizarre experience.
Over here in Singapore, Australians and British tourist are probably the most trouble making ones.
Anyone can be. It’s just a matter of how disrespectful you are towards things tied to cultural identity, and selfishness towards your own experience at the detriment of others.
growin up in tokyo it was always the chinese tour bus groups that were the worst. littering, spitting on the ground, clogging up streets, not being respectful, super loud etc etc
I was visiting Tokyo recently and guiding my family around (American). A few times I got a bit lost but ran into British tour groups who I figured may be going to the same place we were trying to get to. THREE DIFFERENT TIMES I asked where they were going and the answer was: “I have no idea I’m just following that guy.”
It was funny the first time but wow hahahahaha
that's hilarious. where'd you guys end up at? lmao
I was a security trooper in an air base in Singapore
There is this American pilot ask me this question.
How do you say “hii good morning in Singlish”
I replied “Singlish is not really a language, is more like broken English with more expression?”
He just gave me a polite but awkward laugh
I think you spelt Tampines wrong
I still remember being in Kyoto on holidays, homesick and hungover.
I went to McDonald's in the morning and there they were, some other random australians, you could hear them from a km away. They let me have breakfast with them and we discussed our travels. We generally are accepting of strangers and mateship is part of our values.
Having said that, we are quite trashy when we are drunk
When we went to Japan me and my family just randomly wandered into Shibuya Yokocho on the first night and had no idea what we were doing.
Have traveled a good but in Europe and SE Asia. Only twice have I seen a passenger on a plane be restrained. Both were Australian
As an Indonesian having a holiday in Bali, drunk Australian Bogans are terrifying.
Almost as terrifying as how the Javanese treat them on their own island?
Speaking of Bogans, one tried that bullshit in Aceh - got drunk, ran around naked, got the locals riled up that he got busted by the local authorities! He prolly will get flogged by a bamboo cane real soon as a result! 🤣🤦♂️
Knowing how to adjust yourself when visiting a new country is the best thing you can do. Being an inconvience to anyone else is the worst tourist.
My parents ran a Bed n breakfast in south africa when I was growing up. In my experience it's American and Chinese tourist, but for different reasons. You can hear American tourists long before you see them. Chinese tourists because there's a big issue of Chinese tourists breaking off coral in the reefs.
why are they breaking the coral ?
@@fajartirta4934 souvenirs
@@fajartirta4934 probably to take home as a ‘free souvenir’ without caring for how much damage they are doing
Oh, you do the same amount of research than I do before I move into them.
As a Balinese...Yes, you're right Joey. Drunk Australian tourists are the worst
What I notice is the larger the group of tourists are, the easier for them to commit social Faux Pas.
Encountered a German? tour group in Japan that cut in front of me and other people waiting for the tram where I live. Wasn't going to have any of that regardless so I cut back in front of them.
Normally German tourists are pretty good but I'm sure they got caught up with being part of the "Herd"
For the past 20 years or so I've tended to keep a lower profile while traveling and made to feel more self-conscious just because people would probably assume I'm Mainland Chinese. I'm Singaporean Chinese but I'm not sure if that distinction matters much in other countries.
Unless you're a Singapore Auntie, most people in SG are cultured and respectful when traveling.
I worked in different national parks and the worst were the French (and my fellow Americans). The exception were those who traveled in the shoulder seasons. Not being stressed by large crowds is helpful I think👍
I do a lot of research, but also other preparation like downloading the language to Google Translate beforehand...
they hit every nail in this conversation, it does not matter from which country the tourists are, if they spat on your country their bad news.
Britain is not only place far from Japan. I'm from Montreal Canada and the _direct_ flight to Narita is about 14 hours. For my first 4 trips, there were no direct flights. That would add at least 3 hours.
14:34 Not entirely sure about London, but before Russian airspace got closed Helsinki-Tokyo flight time was within like an hour of flying Sydney-Tokyo
Aussies v Russians in Bali racing to the bottom to be the absolute worst tourists in Indonesia.
Luckily they have their own sections of the beach
As a Hong Konger, I can confidently say that a large part of our unwillingness to be a part of China is our experience with Mainland Chinese tourists. When my friends and I go travelling we call ourselves Hong Kongers and not Chinese because we know about and are embarrassed about the reputation.
As opposed to fine Hong Kong gentlemen like the bus uncle? Hilarious considering that in Sydney there are as much people talking loudly in Cantonese as in Mandarin.
But of course, a British guy puking his guts out in HK would be treated just fine, since they're their former colonial masters after all. In comparison to how the locals treat domestic workers from Philippines or Indonesia.
Lol says the HK Chinese who are the most annoying loud tourists by far. Mainlanders only get a bad wrap because it’s cool to be Anti China. Other than that the yanks take the cake for being the worst tourists.
Mexican guru walker here .I just received a French couple . I'm already thinking on quit ,give up . 4 hrs tour 13 euros each ... Not even a comment or a thank you .
Can't share my story except with you and my psychologist .
I don't tell my cats and dogs cause don't wanna worry them ;)
wow... didnt think about how different Japan and Korea are when it comes to tourists
I love the 80s dangle punk earring! Speaking of American accent, I have a super loud NY accent. Donnie Brasco in the house!
Every Australian be going to Bali
Omg let me tell you about a little place called Bali...
Russian tourists ugh
The problem with Ski resorts are that people are going for the snow, not the culture. That being said, as an Australian who has been to Hakuba, the only truly bad experience I had was with a drunk American
The problem with ski areas is also that people are tired, have a lot of equipment, and (in the US and Europe) are much higher up than usual.
Having just got back from Japan, my wife and I had been planning this trip most of our lives, did our research, have respect for the culture and found it hilarious how many times we went "Fucking tourists" when another tourist group were being obnoxious or oblivious, only to have to go "wait, we're tourists too, but we're not that kind of tourist" We found like Joey said that if you show a willingness to try and be respectful the locals relax so much more around you. My wife found that just by going out of her way to try and give correct change and use Japanese greetings everyone was so much happier to help if we got stuck with the language barrier. The worst groups we saw were American and Russian. I remember at the Peace park in Hiroshima an obnoxious group of Russians that kept ringing the bell like it was a toy. Everyone around them looked so uncomfortable, but they were oblivious and took turns slamming the bell and laughing their heads off. Or the tourists that would not only walk down the middle of tori gates, but stop there for extended photo shoots.
I work at a airport that sees about 50,000 flying out on a normal day and I can say there's 1 common dinominator in what they're talking about and when I say they always give me the hardest time.
In the 21st century, your first thing you gotta do is get a sim card or network connectivity of some sort
In my country I heard that the worst are Israeli people but there are other nationalities that are considered bad as tourists. When I was in Japan i met a lot of Australians because they came up to me to small talk and they were all so friendly and nice and it was my first time meeting Australians, but they left me a very good impression. It is funny to hear you think they are the worst tourists because in my country they have a good reputation as tourists or at least never heard anyone complaining about them😂😂
I went to Japan all alone back in October and I probably made some people annoyed. I did my best to stay out of people’s way and said the basic phrases in Japanese. Hopefully I didn’t do too badly. I’m an American btw.
How hard is it to be respectful? I heard some tourists carve their initials or vandalize monuments. Some people are the worst!
Yk I do really think Australian accents are sick, but in hawaii I’ve yet to have a completely positive experience with an Australian tourist.
i mean, Greek is really hard. i dont expect tourists to say anything in Greek. Even a thank you is a lot
The worst for me: The loud tourists on public transportation. Some of them are EXTRA loud when speaking to their group/friends/family.
There’s a trend with Indian tourist where they love to video call or live stream and hold their phones as high as possible and not look where they are going. And you can see the person they are calling and it’s always an Indian woman in her pjs in bed. I’m always like… firstly stop shoving me, secondly.. why?
I'm from the States. One of my goals when traveling is not to be the "Ugly American." I'm crap with language, but I try to at least learn some basic greetings & such. I try not to be offensive. And though plenty stupid, I try not to be a nuisance.
I was surprised while traveling in Europe that many people didn't seem to have negative feelings about folks from the US. Often the expected hostility was reserved for the British. And now, having experienced a lot of British tourists in Europe, I understand why. Most of the time when they're in the States, they're fine. But in Europe...yikes. Especially in Spain. I pretty much knew if I heard someone complaining loudly, it was going to be a British person. I don't run into a lot of Australian tourists, but those that I have met have generally been lovely folks. Of course, I've never gone to a ski lodge.
Nobody seems to talk about it, maybe because they almost never travel far, but I'd actually argue Canadians generally and people from Quebec specifically are actually the worst tourists. Everything wrong with American and British tourists all wrapped into one, without any of the cultural cache to back it up (wrongly or not). Often jaw-droppingly culturally ignorant and vaguely xenophobic, they tend to have no understanding that they're not still in Canada. I used to work in customer service in a place where about 50% of our business was Canadian, and you would not believe the kinds of things they'd say and do. Even today, I know people in tourism who say Canadians rank among their least favorites. And as awful as American "tipping culture" is, when traveling here, you've got to know about it. Canadian tourists are notorious for not tipping, so anyone who works in restaurants, guiding, or any other tip-heavy industry hates them.
My personal list of 5 worst from years of working retail and museums and from time spent traveling:
Americans (especially Midwesterners)
British
Israelis
Canadians
Canadians from Quebec
Your part about Canadians is surprising to me because everyone I've ever spoken to regards them very highly. But I guess it's a matter of perspective. I think it makes sense that Midwesterners are the worst of Americans because, simply by nature of being from the most interior part of the country, they experience the smallest variety of cultures.
@@IzzyKawaiichi, it was always surprising to me when I'd hear people talk about how "nice" Canadians are. I think there's a big difference between being polite and being nice, and maybe Canadians are more polite than nice? But I think there's also the same problem as with Midwesterners. If a Canadian tourist is from anywhere other than perhaps Vancouver or Toronto, maybe they just don't have the experience with other cultures. After all, the population of the entire nation of Canada is only like five times that of New York City. I also think, like folks from the U.S., that Canadians don't travel so much, and when they do, they travel to primarily English speaking countries, like the U.S. and England. So, perhaps they don't have as much chance to make asses of themselves on an international stage.
I've got a friend from Alberta who can be exasperating to talk to, because he seems unable to grasp that things outside of his very small town could possibly work differently. He took a train once and didn't enjoy it, therefore, people should just drive cars. There's a sidewalk between his house and his downtown, therefore there must be sidewalks connecting everything anyone would ever want, so why would people complain about a lack of pedestrian infrastructure. Etc.
@@matthewconstantine5015 I mean don't blame yourself it's the people who have nasty attitudes or a big ego plus both North and South America got some showoffs especially in social media.
The Netherlands are trying to deter that exact type of younger male British tourist from visiting
Surprised with them being in Japan that they didn't mention Chinese tourists.
As a Singaporean Chinese, i see so many people in the comments talking about how we are the worst tourists but i think we're generally quite quiet and reserved xd ( maybe its just people in my friend group )
I've been living in Prague for about 10 years now, and I was called "chinese monkey"(I'm Kazakh btw) 5 times and each time - they were tourists from England. From my personal experience English people in Prague - super loud, super annoying, super offensive and they always try to play on your nerve, being drunk af. Of course, not ALL of them, but I had my conflicts with quite enough.
Idk if I was more put off by hearing French tourists debating how much they'd care to learn about what they are seeing at Kaminarimon, and that "arigatougozaimasu" is too complicated so they'll say "ariga" and let the people finish the rest in their heads.... or the Chinese tourists who seemed to pop out from thin air and act like they owned the place as loudly as possible.
The amount of times I told scared and confused Japanese people that I wasn't associated with French or English (depending) was wild.
It entirely depends on the reason for the vacation.
If it's a group of people going for a pissup then yea, they are going to be horrendous no matter the nationality. But couples, small families or solo explorers are going to be fine.
I think the worst tourists are usually the one who don't go far from home and the one trying to turn it into their party town. Another type of worst tourists are the obnoxious ones who treat you like a friend just because from the same place...
Britsh tourists love algarve, with is the south of Portugal where the best beaches are. Back when i was a kid that was full of British tourists, now that 10 or so passed after my last vacation there i still hear from friends and people from there that it's basically a British colony at this point😂
It’s not isolated to a specific country. But people who travel to a different country choose to spend the time there with the same people they see every day is bewildering to me. I’m walking in the streets of NY, and people who drive do not care if you’re a tourist they will drive. They lose their personal awareness about the people around and they travel around like a blob of people who block sidewalks and streets and store fronts
Garnt skipped out on Thai tourists. They're also pretty obnoxious. I was in Iceland and a bunch of them were hogging a good photo spot and actually shouting out to other Thais "hey, come over here! We've got this spot! Don't let others in!"
Also... On a flight from Japan to Thailand, it's so frustrating hearing them - maybe it's their first time travelling, but their like "OH! THERE'S A BUTTON ON THE SEAT THAT LETS IT LEAN BACK!" and... for that flight, I wished that I couldn't understand Thai.
You find nice and not so nice people from everywhere.
Working in Chile I could say that Spanish tourists tended to be the most obnoxious, they looked down on the staff a lot.
Worst body odor came from old german people. Lovely people though.
Chinese people were super demanding, but we could handle them.
Lastly, Chilean tourists tended to expect things we didn't have or services we did not provide. So they complained quite a bit too.
Yes! The smell!
When we're in Japan, I always have to remind my family to never do a full stop or abrupt turns when walking in busy sidewalks or in train stations during rush hour. If you need to check your phone or read signs, step out of everyone's way and do it on the sidelines. Being an introvert helped me in navigating Japan culture better.
Grew up in DC. the worse tourist are the large families with matching neon shirts that say "the Johnsons Family trip to Washington D.C. 2023" shit cringe as hellllll
“Oh you’re trying to learn my language? I respect that.” The French responding always in English…
In my view it's the British and no one else comes close, I'm from australia and work in a Customer service role so I encounter plenty from all countries but the British tend be the biggest complainers, not to say most are because most are fine but the big notable encounters I have had have almost always been british tourists.
If you have dietary restrictions... as I do... It's on you to do your research and find places that will accommodate BEFOREHAND. NOT order a dish and then ask if it will suit your needs. Entitled tourists make all people with dietary issues seem like the problem when it's really just a portion of people.
As a Malaysian, I think we're up there as pretty decent tourists. It's probably because so many of us are unhappy of what's going on at home, we're just so happy to travel and be away. Plus, being from a multi-ethnic country makes us more courteous around different languages and cultures.
'What's going on at home'.
Where do you get this from?
Most of us travel because we're able to.
@@okflyaway99governmental corruption at a high level, rising cost of living, ethnic inequality leading to tension between races, there's a lot...
The average 30 year old corporate worker here earns between 1000usd to maybe 2000usd a month which doesn't leave much room for travel budget.
For instance, I have Singaporean relatives that can visit Japan on a whim with little to no effect on their normal daily expense whereas I saved for an entire year before my solo trip last November.
So when we get a chance to travel, we're just generally super duper happy and grateful. Plus, weather in a lot of places is also nicer than our constant tropical humidity.
I haven't met many Malaysian tourists, but those I have met have been some of the nicest people I've ever encountered. I've heard the same from tour guides I know.
Why is there a price tag hanging on Joeys ear?