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[cmxc]

Kinda reminds me of that classic line from Casablanca:
"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"

I just don't understand why the Korean Times has to make up this stuff about Korean tourists behaving badly...

Ugly tourists bring disgrace to nation
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/07/399_161061.html

[ttompatz]

[Who's Your Daddy?]

From the article (thanks):

[edwardcatflap]

[drydell]

nope Ed... but here's the list

[jvalmer]

You spend too much, you're seen as arrogant. spend too little, you're seen as cheap. Tourists never win...

[ttompatz]

Not sure that they are still #1 but globally, they are not far off.
(Personally, I would rank the Chinese tourists worse than the Americans).

[mr_thehorse]

[jvalmer]

[3DR]

[edwardcatflap]

I guess it all hinges on the hassle experienced v money spent ratio. Brit tourists in Spain may do things like organise drinking contests with a girl giving 10 strangers a blow job, but as long as they keep ordering their buckets of cheap spirits the bar owners are happy. A bunch of Korean/Chinese tourists may behave slightly less obnoxiously but may bring their own food, drink much less and swarm over anything free like a plague of locusts. Which may wind up owners more.

[robbie_davies]

Worlds worst tourists must be

Joint 1st) Russians/Israelis.

However, you only see Israelis on the backpacking route and in certain places like Goa, but they are pretty vile.

Russians in Egypt, again, vile.

[OBwannabe]

On hiatus from teaching in Korea I worked for a major airline. One day a foreign passenger was causing a scene while boarding an aircraft. My manager and I were having a chat about it and he started telling me about which country's travellers were the best and which were the worst. I was a little surprised when he said that South Korean travelers were the worst(he didn't know I had lived in Korea). I asked why and he said they were too demanding and pushy...loud and could be abnoxious. I thought this to funny as most of us can attest to the older generation being just that way at times.

I then started to take notice of tour groups, Korean and Japanese. The Japanese always quiet, orderly and polite. The Koreans were a mixed bag. Certainly not orderly, often loud and often not polite by western standards. The tour groups are almost completely comprised of middle aged tourists.

Then, about about a year ago I took a trip from Canada to China and then after a few days a visit to Seoul. While waiting at the gate for my flight to show up from Shanghai to Seou, I decided to try to take a nap as I was there early and hardly anyone else around, but after awhile a group of middle aged Koreans showed up and my nap was soon thwarted. Loud talking, exaggerated sounds, etc. No worries. But when it came time to board the flight a group of about 30 Koreans just pushed ahead in line. Absolutely no regard for the fact that I, and several others, were in line first. It took me for a bit of a surprise as I had been away from Korea for almost 3 years at this point. A man and his son, whowere still sat waiting, had a great chuckle at my expense. They witnessed the whole thing. I couldn't help but laugh myself.
Then we landed in Incheon. I was in business class(which was almost empty) and the Koreans were in coach. There was a pretty safe distance between where I was and coach. Yet who got out of the plane first you ask? The same people who began pushing me as I reached up for my carry on. Clearly they did not wait for the seatbelt sign to go off like the rest of us did. Just how to you get beaten out of exiting the plane by dozens of people sitting in coach when you are up in business class? Unreal.
Korea fighting!

Oh, and for the record. Had no issues with the Chinese.

[joelove]

I just recall once flying from Vietnam to Korea. I might have been the only foreigner on the Korean airline, don't recall really. It seemed to me the Korean flight attendant was pretty embarrassed, like, sigh, what can you do when no one will listen, about the passengers all getting up and ready to rush out before the plane was stopped.

[Mix1]