French Come Last In Holiday Survey
A recent survey carried out by Expedia suggests that the French are the ‘the worst’ holidaymakers, while the Japanese are the best. The survey asked 4,500 hoteliers across Europe what they thought of the behaviour of different nationalities whilst on vacation.
There were lots of different categories, and all the information I can find is unclear on various factors. The headlines on British websites and news sources tend to take the negative line as usual, leading with what the British are worst at. The BBC states that the British are “the worst holidaymakers in Europe”, but later in the same report say that the French were the “worst holiday makers overall.”
There were several categories where the Brits did well, but it seems no one wants to know about that. Even the BBC do this Daily Mail wind-up style thing; admittedly it was a piece on the NewsBeat website – the Beeb’s very own news service for 8 years olds. Oh no, sorry, I’m thinking of NewsRound.
Purely as a chance to have a snipe at the French, I’ve run with the headline above. Which is true. The Brits were 2nd most stylish – and came second overall.
Yes, SECOND OVERALL. But the Beeb runs with British ‘worst behaved’ in Europe.
What’s going on there? Email your MP NOW.
