Money | tourists French Are World's Worst Tourists: Survey Poll of 40,000 hotels ranks visitors on politeness, generosity By Nick McMaster Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:20 PM CDT Copied In this photo taken on Thursday, June 25, 2009, a foreign tourist takes a photo at Yuyuan Garden, one of the the most popular tourist spots in town, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) The French are the world’s worst tourists, AFP reports. A global survey asked staff at 40,000 hotels to rate tourists on categories ranging from politeness to generosity to willingness to learn local languages—and the French finished last in several categories. Japanese tourists took honors in just as many and were ranked “best tourists” for the third year running. Americans topped the “noisiest” category. The 5 Best: Japanese, Britons, Canadians, Germans, Swiss. The 5 Worst: French, Spaniards, Greeks, Turks, South Africans. Click the second link for more results. Read These Next Inside one of Pennsylvania's deadliest days for law enforcement. Negative press coverage should get TV licenses yanked, Trump says. Here's what late-night hosts had to say about Jimmy Kimmel. Autopsy is in for Black student found hanged from tree at college. Report an error