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[enchoo]

Brits are out to start a fight and have no manners whatsoever......
Haven't you heard of the soccer travellers who want to start World Cup fights????
They also think they still rule the world....
I am referring to the travelling brits not the local ones with manner....

[Troll_Bait]

The South Koreans were not on the list. (See the complete list here. Hat Tip to the ROK Drop blog.) Neither were the Chinese though, interestingly, the Thais were. (Thais ranked 16th out of 27.)

[MissLady717]

[b-class rambler]

[eamo]

[tzechuk]

I do agree with one thing in the article, though - if I lived in France, I probably wouldn't have the desire to travel outside, either.... unless I was rich and fortunate enough to be able to exhaust ALL the wonderful places within the country in a relatively short time and I have the energy, time and money left to explore further afield.

But even then, I would likely take an obligatory holiday yearly in Provence.

[shifter2009]

[alphakennyone]

I avoid any Brit who appears to be over the age of 40 or so. Something about that generation of people. I've run into enough annoying ones traveling, but I even had the joy of working with one in Japan. All he ever talked about was prostitution and his opinions on homosexuality (in front of another teacher who was gay) and he never, ever wore deodorant.

It's unfair, but I think I will carry this aversion with me even as I age.

I've never had any problems with most Europeans. The Germans are great when they aren't sex tourists, the French seem nice enough (if a bit cheap). Italians, though, seem to have learned too much from us Americans. LOUD, always, always snapping pictures. I remember them being sure to take pictures of some of the more grisly items in the Hiroshima Peace Museum - if the Japanese aren't snapping photos, maybe it's a good cue for you not to either.

Koreans just gave me something to laugh at when I saw them in Boracay, with their long-sleeved couple sweatshirts on the beach, walking up and down the sand, bored out of their minds. A group of them got REALLY EXCITED when they heard me use the phrase "excuse me" to get an aloof waiter's attention. PERFECT, a replacement for "yogiyoh!"

[hang10]

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[rusty1983]

[hang10]

[stevieg4ever]

Been travelling in Asia and Europe for a year now and this is spot on. Koreans do not go abroad to travel (in the traditional sense of the word) but to sight see.

I stayed in a Korean guesthouse in Bern, Switzerland. You would think you were in Korea or something. I was served 현미 녹차 on arrival, the place smelt of our favourite fermented vegetable and every last appliance was Korean with 한글 instructions.

However, given their linguistic limitations and, lets be honest, cultural ones I would still rather be in their company than Israelis.

But it depends where you go in the world: go to Bali and Australians have a bad rep, go to the south of Spain and Brits have a bad rep. Americans have an appaling reputation generally. The thing is only we know about the 우리나라, 대한민국, the 한 etc: most just see them as cute little asians with their cameras and phones and think they are Japanese haha.

I think I have observed on numerous occasions Koreans being addressed with 'konichiwa' and 'sayanora' it pisses the hell out of them.

[cj1976]

I've read spurious claims tales on this site of raucous Koreans overseas, but all the Koreans I've encountered on my travels have been well behaved. They do seem reluctant to sample the host culture but I guess 5,000+ years of cultural isolation will do that to you.
I don't think Koreans are alone in these crimes against tourism. I know plenty of people back in the UK who go to Europe and take tea bags, biscuits and baked beans etc. They stay in resorts with a 1,000 other Brits eating sausage and chips and drinking themselves into oblivion.

[oldfatfarang]