Comments on: Japan tops World’s Best Tourists ranking

By: Haf

Haf — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:16:47 +0000

If I remember correctly, the released this ranking last year as well and back then, Japan was also in the top spot.

As some people here seemed to be surprised that Germany is in the top ten list, may I ask why that surprises you that much?

I guess hotels have other priorities when it comes to judging people…

By: sabakan

sabakan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:01:11 +0000

A bad Japanese point is a point endured to
there is a legitimate demand.

The Japanese should say the legitimate dema
-nd as well as the time of the restaurant
that the impostor in Italy manages.

By: jmadsen

jmadsen — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:10:57 +0000

No one said that you CAN’T look like a slob.

They just said that you DO.

(Laying out “fat tips” doesn’t make you look like less of a slob, it just makes you look like a generous slob.)

By: Level3

Level3 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:30:29 +0000

Just wondering..but why the hell am I supposed to dress nicely and be tidy (do the waiters’ and hotel maids’ WORK for them) when I’m ON VACATION?!?!?!
And especially if I’m laying out fat tips to those same waiters and maids for cleaning up my mess, because I’m ON VACATION.

Take those BS categories away and I think Americans do even better.

By: Ido

Ido — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:17:31 +0000

Yes the Canadians are at least in third position! Didn’t know Britain would top us though kinda humiliating XD

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:30:23 +0000

Please read the article before making uninformed comments.

Britons didn’t fair well in the Europe:

“…in Europe, the British were seen by the hoteliers as the worst behaved.”

As for Americans:

“US tourists also got top marks for generosity, as the biggest spenders and tippers.

But they fell short on other counts as the least tidy, the loudest, the worst complainers and the worst dressed. “

By: RMilner

RMilner — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:55:55 +0000

They obviously didn’t include British stag weekend tourists in their calculations.

By: madne0

madne0 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:36:58 +0000

The British and the Germans were on the list.

Thus, the list is bogus.

By: Toonleap

Toonleap — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:59:36 +0000

It is really curious that only Japan shows in the list and no other country from Asia…No chinese, koreans, etc

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:08:50 +0000

I don’t know if you’ve ever stayed in a hotel before, but they usually have a record of guests passport details.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:07:28 +0000

Worst dressed were Americans. No surprise there.

By: jus

jus — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:50:26 +0000

How would they be sure that a tourist is from a certain country? Most Westerners have little idea about the difference between Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans. Plus it can be sometimes impossible to tell Americans and Canadians apart.

By: shin

shin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:26:06 +0000

Britain and Germany in the top10?

I guess they didn’t ask Hotels by the Mediterranean. Or any other seaside resorts.

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:20:05 +0000

1. This is ratings from the HOTELS, not the other tourists or tourist sites.
2. There are good stereotypes and bad stereotypes. Just because there is a stereotype of the Japanese Tourist does not mean people hate them.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:14:45 +0000

Not really, I just don’t know why they get stereotyped if they’re apparently the best of the bunch.

By: RMilner

RMilner — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:06:55 +0000

What, going around in crowds and taking photos.

Is that a bad thing to do?

By: Kaijuu

Kaijuu — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:52:48 +0000

It is. That and the result of cartoons and stupid ’80s sitcoms.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:06:32 +0000

Then why does the “Japanese Tourist” stereotype exist? Is it just blatant xenophobia?