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 Tatiana Schlossberg says she has Terminal cancer. Mom allegedly passed 31 hospitals on road trip as daughter was dying. One of the Slender Man attackers escaped her group home, briefly. A viral sleep hack could have you snoring away before you know it. Report an error